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CMS 2024 Proposed Rule Key Takeaways for RPM, RTM & Telehealth
CMS 2024 Proposed Rule Policy Updates On July 13, 2023, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the CMS 2024 Proposed Rule and Medicare Physician Fee…
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42 CFR § 411.15 – Particular Services Excluded from Coverage.
§ 411.15 Particular services excluded from coverage. Link to an amendment published at 88 FR 53345, Aug. 7, 2023. The following services are excluded from coverage: (a) Routine physical…
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CMS Allows States To Extend PHE-Era Flexibilities For HCBS
The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has extended a COVID-19 pandemic-era waiver that will allow home- and community-based service (HCBS) providers to take advantage…
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[UPDATED] CMS’ 2024 SNF Final Rule Seen as Insufficient for Payment Rates While Advancing Unfair Measures
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule Monday that updates Medicare payment policies and rates for skilled nursing facilities under the Skilled…
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Remote Monitoring: CMS Clarifies Guidance, Proposes Rural Provider Payment, Requests Information on Digital Therapeutics
Over the past several years, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has expanded payment for care management and remote monitoring services in an effort to…
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CMS’ Proposed Fee Schedule Boosts Payments for Telehealth
CMS proposed changes to the physician fee schedule that would provide physicians with additional compensation to account for balancing telehealth visits with maintaining their physical offices, Politico reported July…
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CMS Final Rules on Payment Impacts Remote Therapeutic Monitoring
The 2023 Physician Fee Schedule final rule (“Final Rule”), which became effective in January 2023, lists the services and rates for which Medicare will reimburse providers. The Final Rule…
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Telehealth groups applaud CONNECT reintroduction in Senate
Dive Brief: Dive Insight: Permanently expanding telemedicine access has broad bipartisan support in Congress. A number of bills have been introduced to codify more telehealth protections after COVID-19, including…
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What is Remote Patient Monitoring? All You Need To Know: Explained
Table of Contents What is Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM)? Broadly speaking, Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) is a healthcare delivery method that uses innovations in information technology to…
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CMS: Therapists in home health can bill Part B for telehealth
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has clarified that outpatient therapists can continue to bill Medicare Part B for telehealth services across a range of…
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Senior living providers navigate PHE unwinding, state-level guidelines
The May 11 expiration of the federal public health emergency declaration will bring changes to federal healthcare programs, with various regulatory flexibilities expiring immediately or within a…
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Two Weeks’ Notice for the Public Health Emergency: What’s Next for Telehealth
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced its plan to end the Federal Public Health Emergency (PHE) for COVID-19 on May 11, 2023. Due to…
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Examining The Realities Of Hospital-At-Home Technology Implementation
The concept of hospital-at-home isn’t new, but it’s much more than an industry buzzword. It can be a game-changer for the healthcare industry if we are both…
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2023 Telemedicine & Digital Health Trends
“This article was originally published by Foley & Lardner LLP LINK TO FOLEY.COM POST on March 30, 2023, and is reprinted with permission.” Foley Forward: Trends 2023…
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