November 27, 2018 Laura Joszt CMS is moving home health agencies away from a volume-based payment model and to a new value-based payment system. The Patient-Driven Groupings Model would focus on patient needs and rely more heavily on patient characteristics in order to pay for home health services. CMS is moving home health agencies away […]
Connected care advocates are pressuring Congress to pass the RUSH Act, which aims to increase telehealth and telemedicine services in senior care facilities. By Eric Wicklund November 19, 2018 – Connected care advocates are lobbying Congress to pass the Reducing Unnecessary Senior Hospitalizations (RUSH) Act of 2018, which aims to reduce rehospitalizations at qualified skilled nursing facilities by […]
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Telehealth is changing the face of healthcare, and Medicare must adapt, said the CMS administrator. Innovation is vital to the evolution and sustainability of the American healthcare system, and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is working to be part of the transformation, according to its administrator. In a speech on Thursday to […]
On November 1, 2018, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released in pre-publication form the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Final Rule for Calendar Year (CY) 2019 (PFS Final Rule) [1]. The PFS Final Rule contains a number of significant changes, including: • providing for reimbursement for communication technology-based services and expanding access […]
Beginning next year, CMS will reimburse providers using store-and-forward telehealth (also known as asynchronous telehealth) to analyze and diagnose images sent to them from established patients. By Eric Wicklund November 12, 2018 – Healthcare providers looking for new ways to implement telehealth and telemedicine are getting a Christmas present from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid […]
Health Update November 07, 2018 Recognizing significant changes in healthcare practice, especially innovations in the active management and ongoing care of chronically ill patients, and patients’ desire to avoid unnecessary doctor visits, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule on November 1, 2018 that includes reimbursement for a variety of […]
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently published two rules designed to promote the use of telehealth and remote patient monitoring (RPM) under the Medicare program. Telehealth Benefits under Medicare Advantage On November 1, 2018, CMS published a proposed rule that (among other things) implements provisions of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 […]
CMS recently finalized MACRA implementation updates for the Quality Payment Program’s third year, including new MIPS participation rules and Advanced APM options. By Jacqueline LaPointe November 06, 2018 – The final 2019 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) rule contained a number of changes to evaluation and management (E/M) payment rates, site-neutral payments, and remote patient monitoring […]
Tuesday, November 6, 2018 Starting January 1, 2019, the Medicare program will cover certain medical services delivered via asynchronous telemedicine technologies. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) just published the final rule for the 2019 Physician Fee Schedule, introducing a new code, officially titled “Remote Evaluation of Pre-Recorded Patient Information”(HCPCS code G2010). This article provides the […]
CMS has issued a final rule with three new codes for RPM services, retitled “Chronic Care Remote Physiologic Monitoring,” which do a far better job reflecting how providers can more effectively and efficiently use RPM technology to monitor and manage patient care needs, including chronic care management. These three codes go live January 1, 2019. These […]
CMS has issued its final update to the 2019 Physician Fee Schedule and Quality Payment Program, including three new CPT codes for reimbursement of remote patient monitoring. The changes mark an important step in the government’s acceptance of mHealth and telehealth technology. By Eric Wicklund November 02, 2018 – The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services […]
On November 1, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule that includes updates to payment policies, payment rates, and quality provisions for services furnished under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) on or after January 1, 2019. The calendar year (CY) 2019 PFS final rule is one of several […]
CMS issued its annual update to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Nov. 1, which overhauls Medicare billing and expands coverage of telehealth. Here are six takeaways from the final rule: 1. Physician payment rates. The 2019 physician fee schedule conversion factor is $36.04, which is up from $35.99 this year and reflects a budget-neutrality adjustment […]
By Virgil Dickson | November 1, 2018 The CMS on Thursday finalized a rule that will pay doctors for virtual visits and overhaul Medicare billing standards for office visits that haven’t changed since the 1990s. The agency will now pay doctors for telehealth visits and communication with patients, acknowledging the time those efforts take. The CMS […]
