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Nov 3, 2020 •COVID-19 - Coronavirus

Lawmakers Eye Medicare Coverage for COVID-19 Tests Via Telehealth

A new bill before Congress would mandate Medicare coverage for at-home COVID-19 tests integrated with a telehealth platform. By Eric Wicklund October 22, 2020 – Lawmakers are now trying to…

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Nov 3, 2020 •COVID-19 - Coronavirus

COVID-19 Sparks Boom in Digital Hospitals with Smart Technologies, Improving Quality of Care

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Frost & Sullivan’s recent analysis, Digital Hospitals: Creating Growth Opportunities in Patient Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond, finds that digital hospitals…

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Nov 3, 2020 •Medicaid

2-pronged approach could extend Medicaid telephonic or audio-only coverage after pandemic: expert

States could take a two-pronged approach to extend Medicaid telephonic or audio-only coverage beyond the pandemic, according to Jacqueline Marks, a manager with the Manatt Health division…

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Nov 3, 2020 •Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) - Medicare

What’s new in the Medicare landscape for 2021?

Medicare Advantage plans are available for people with End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) as of 2021. Medical Advantage plans have the flexibility to include telehealth provider in practice…

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Nov 3, 2020 •Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) - Medicare

NAHC Pushing for Palliative Care, SNF-at-Home Medicare Benefits

As home health and home care operators move toward the ninth month of the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s important to take stock of what has been accomplished from…

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Nov 2, 2020 •Home Health Emergency Access to Telehealth (HEAT) Act

Collins, Cardin Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Improve Access to Home Health Care Furnished By Telehealth Amid Public Health Emergencies

Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Ben Cardin (D-MD) introduced the Home Health Emergency Access to Telehealth (HEAT) Act, a bipartisan bill to provide Medicare reimbursement for…

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Nov 1, 2020 •Home Health Agencies (HHAs)

CMS (finally) Makes Telehealth Permanent for Home Health Agencies

CMS on Thursday made permanent changes to telehealth flexibilities for home health providers. In its home health payment rule for 2021, the agency signed off on changes to allow providers to…

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Oct 30, 2020 •COVID-19 - Coronavirus

COVID-19 pandemic is shifting health systems’ innovation priorities

Providers have looked to telehealth to continue seeing patients and revenue cycle technologies to improve efficiencies. Jeff Lagasse, Associate Editor When the COVID-19 pandemic hit earlier this year,…

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Oct 30, 2020 •COVID-19 - Coronavirus

Only 20% of health systems would continue telehealth if reimbursements return to pre-COVID-19 levels

Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, most health systems (91 percent) have been able to fully meet telehealth demand thanks to decreased regulations and increased reimbursement rates. For…

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Oct 30, 2020 •Telehealth

CMS Announces Further Telehealth Expansions

On October 14, CMS announced several changes designed to expand access to telehealth. CMS made further additions to the list of services that Medicare will pay for…

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Oct 30, 2020 •Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) - Medicare

CMS Announces New Telehealth Services Covered by Medicare and Provides States with Medicaid and CHIP Telehealth Expansion Assistance

On October 14, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) expanded the list of telehealth services covered by Medicare during the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency. CMS also…

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Oct 30, 2020 •Medicaid

How Should State Medicaid Programs Expand Telehealth Coverage?

Jacqueline Marks, a manager with the Manatt Health division of Manatt, Phelps & Philips, has drafted a list of suggested policy actions that states could take to…

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Oct 30, 2020 •Medicaid

Medicaid Telehealth Policies States Can Make Permanent to Ensure Access for Children/Families

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, state Medicaid agencies have temporarily expanded their telehealth coverage and reimbursement policies in varying degrees. States, providers, advocates and families recognize…

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Oct 30, 2020 •COVID-19 - Coronavirus

The Coronavirus Pandemic Has Exacerbated Existing Weaknesses in Telemental Health

Rates of emotional distress are surging amid a deepening economic recession, a reckoning with state violence against the Black community, and the COVID-19 pandemic. The closures and restrictions necessary…

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Oct 29, 2020 •Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) - Medicare

Improving the Clinical Response to Patient Data

By 2025, the World Economic Forum estimates that 463 exabytes of data will be created each day. Already, a single patient generates close to 80 megabytes each year in…

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