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Sep 14, 2020 Telehealth

Why Telehealth Coverage Mandates Can’t Reverse Course

The implications of pulling back access to virtual care now would be nothing less than significant. The broad mandates that expanded telehealth coverage for Medicare and Medicaid recipients due…

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Sep 14, 2020 Remote Patient Monitoring

CMS Proposes Significant Changes to Remote Patient Monitoring Coverage

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has clarified how providers can use telehealth and mHealth to establish and run remote patient monitoring programs, with changes that…

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Sep 14, 2020 Telehealth

Why EHR Interoperability is Critical for Telehealth

Telehealth has recently taken off as a way to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, but even though telehealth has been around for several years, clinics…

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Sep 14, 2020 Telehealth

FAQs on Telehealth and HIPAA during the COVID-19 nationwide public health emergency

What is telehealth?The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S.Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) defines telehealth as the use of electronic information and…

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Sep 14, 2020 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) - Medicare

CMS Advancing Seniors Access to Cutting-edge Therapies and Technology in Medicare Hospital Rule

Finalized policy changes expand new technology add-on payment pathway for certain antimicrobials On September 2, CMS issued the FY 2021 Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System and…

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Sep 14, 2020 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

CMS Proposes Telehealth Updates to the 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule

On August 3, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) updates for the 2021 calendar year, addressing among other policy…

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Sep 14, 2020 COVID-19 - Coronavirus

Central Maine Healthcare CMIO: ‘Telehealth Reimbursement Can’t Go Back to Pre-COVID Status’

Steven Martel, M.D., CMIO at Central Maine Healthcare, describes his organization’s journey into telehealth during the pandemic, and what needs to happen for usage rates to remain…

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Sep 14, 2020 COVID-19 - Coronavirus

How to make telehealth more permanent after COVID-19

The coronavirus outbreak, or COVID-19, has fundamentally transformed our lives and communities, contributing to economic declines, disruptions in schooling, and distressed hospital systems. However, the pandemic has…

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Sep 14, 2020 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

HHS releases plan to strengthen rural healthcare

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released the rural action plan, the first department-wide assessment of rural healthcare efforts in 18 years. According…

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Sep 14, 2020 Telemedicine

Will telemedicine save US health care?

BY DR. MEETA SHAH, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR — 09/08/20 09:30 AM EDT A category of unsung heroes in this pandemic are those that have been behind a video screen.…

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Sep 14, 2020 Telehealth

Telehealth’s post-pandemic future: Where do we go from here?

SEP 7, 2020 Len Strazewski Concerned about exposing patients and their families to COVID-19, doctors and other health professionals are expanding telehealth services, using a variety of…

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Sep 11, 2020 Telehealth

Telehealth’s post-pandemic future: Where do we go from here?

SEP 7, 2020 Len Strazewski Contributing News Writer Concerned about exposing patients and their families to COVID-19, doctors and other health professionals are expanding telehealth services, using…

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Sep 11, 2020 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) - Medicare

PDGM & COVID-19 Can Bring New Opportunities

It’s now been about nine months since the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) required a new payment model for home health care, representing the largest…

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Sep 11, 2020 Telehealth

We should push for more progress in telehealth

BY ARIELLE KANE, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR — 09/07/20 11:00 AM EDT Over the last few months, millions of Americans have used telehealth services — the remote delivery of care…

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Sep 11, 2020 Telehealth

Telehealth Needs Payer Support for Continued Growth

The use of telehealth has exploded as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. For it to continue gaining momentum, private and public payers must appropriately reimburse for…

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