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Sep 11, 2020 Remote Patient Monitoring

Rise of Hospice Telehealth Can Stoke Patient Satisfaction

Like providers, patients and families are adapting to rising use of telehealth in hospice care during the COVID-19 pandemic, as apparent plans to make temporary regulatory flexibilities…

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Sep 11, 2020 COVID-19 - Coronavirus

Democratic lawmaker calls telehealth expansion the ‘silver lining’ of pandemic

Rep. Doris Matsui (D-Calif.) on Wednesday said the COVID-19 pandemic has opened the door to widespread adoption of remote health care. “Telehealth has become the silver lining of the…

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Sep 11, 2020 COVID-19 - Coronavirus

3 WAYS COVID-19 TRANSFORMED HEALTHCARE DELIVERY THROUGH TELEHEALTH

With the coronavirus crisis, health systems catapulted the industry into the future by accelerating virtual care initiatives that will forever change the way healthcare is delivered in…

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Sep 11, 2020 COVID-19 - Coronavirus

The pandemic has created an opportunity to innovate delivery of telehealth services

The novel coronavirus (nCV) pandemic represents an unprecedented challenge to our health care system. Yet as a physician (Bruggeman) and U.S. senator/physician (Cassidy), we know that it…

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Sep 11, 2020 Telehealth

Congresswoman’s Telehealth Bill Combines 9 Other Pieces of Legislation

US Rep. Ann Wagner’s Telehealth Act pulls together nine telehealth bills introduced over the past year – all by Republicans – in a bid to give lawmakers…

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Sep 11, 2020 Telehealth

Telehealth and the new choreography of ‘anywhere care’

Covid-19 has transformed the traditional doctor’s office visit as we know it, moving it away from physical offices by adding online connections. That doesn’t mean virtual care is the…

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Sep 11, 2020 Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Hospitals eye permanent telehealth expansion with FCC funds

Physicians say pandemic has shown not only the utility but also the effectiveness of remote health care delivery Hundreds of hospitals and health care centers from Washington…

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Sep 11, 2020 Telehealth

The New Normal, Interrupted

U.S. healthcare was gearing up for a rebound that includes telehealth. But then the pandemic surged back. Don’t bother asking Keith Blechman, M.D., when his practice will…

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Sep 11, 2020 American Hospital Association (AHA)

CMS offers solutions to reduce telehealth barriers in new report

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have released the best practices for telehealth in a final report that also gives solutions to help reduce barriers…

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Sep 11, 2020 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

CMS May Eliminate Most Emergency Codes for COVID-19 Telehealth Services

CMS is planning to eliminate 74 of the 83 codes created to cover telehealth services during the coronavirus pandemic, though it’s adding 13 new codes and could…

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Sep 11, 2020 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

CMS Releases 2021 MPFS and QPP Proposed Rule

Highlights The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published the Calendar Year (CY) 2021 Proposed Rule for the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS), which contains updates…

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

CMS Proposes Expanding Medicare Coverage of Telehealth Services

On August 3, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule that announces and solicits public comments on proposed policy changes for Medicare payments under…

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

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 11, 2020 Telehealth

Telehealth Reimbursement Just for Value-Based Providers Post-COVID?

Telehealth reimbursement expansions granted during the PHE may be limited to providers in Advanced APMs moving forward to prevent program integrity issues, MedPAC said at a recent…

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Sep 11, 2020 Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC)

MedPAC commissioners hint at telehealth policies that may stick post-COVID-19

Dive Brief: Members of the congressional advisory group Medicare Payment Advisory Commission agree telehealth is here to stay, but are concerned about how to improve access without…

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