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May 4, 2020 Blog

CMS rolls back more Medicare, telehealth regs for providers working through pandemic

CMS issued a another round of sweeping regulatory rollbacks Thursday that will temporarily change how some providers care for patients and get compensated during the ongoing pandemic. Practitioners such…

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May 4, 2020 Blog

COVID-19: CMS Issues Second Round of Groundbreaking Changes for Telehealth – What You Need to Know

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has introduced a new crop of temporary regulatory flexibilities in response to the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) in…

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May 4, 2020 Blog

Coronavirus pushes senior living and care to make choices on telehealth

March 17, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced that Medicare will pay for telehealth services provided to beneficiaries “in any healthcare facility and in their…

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May 1, 2020 Blog

CMS Telehealth Policy Changes

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May 1, 2020 Blog

FCC announces first hospitals to win COVID-19 Telehealth Program funding

Just days after the application period opened, some $3.23 million has already been approved to help hard-hit health systems deploy telemedicine technology, connected devices and remote patient-monitoring…

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May 1, 2020 Blog

Medicare Resources and Information for Home Health and Hospice Agencies During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently provided Section 1135 waivers and guidance granting flexibilities to home health agencies (HHAs) and hospices during the Coronavirus…

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May 1, 2020 Blog

Health Providers: Join the Telehealth Revolution

Summary: Healthcare providers have a unique opportunity to integrate telemedicine into their practice. As part of this effort, we’ve launched telehealth.hhs.gov. As healthcare providers, we swear an oath…

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May 1, 2020 Blog

How Remote Patient Monitoring Programs Are Beneficial

A range of wireless tools help providers track data, curb readmissions and improve outcomes after a patient’s discharge. Despite the best efforts of clinicians, some hospital readmissions…

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May 1, 2020 Blog

COVID-19: CMS Issues Telehealth Guidance for State Medicaid and CHIP Programs

On April 23, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the “State Medicaid & CHIP Telehealth Toolkit: Policy Considerations for States Expanding Use of…

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May 1, 2020 Blog

Discover how remote patient monitoring can transform healthcare systems

Healthcare systems are undergoing rapid changes in light of the current pandemic, and Medisanté are finding solutions to patient care through telehealth and remote patient monitoring. Medisanté,…

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May 1, 2020 Blog

Key HIPAA Changes in Light of COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has quickly caused at least a temporary restructuring of the U.S. healthcare system. This restructuring has impacted not only service delivery and healthcare funding…

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May 1, 2020 Blog

‘The genie’s out of the bottle on this one’: Seema Verma hints at the future of telehealth for CMS beneficiaries

When the COVID-19 pandemic began and it became clear telehealth would be necessary for physicians and nurses to treat patients remotely, CMS boosted rates for telehealth visits so they…

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May 1, 2020 Blog

COVID-19 makes telemedicine mainstream. Will it stay that way?

Telehealth had been gaining momentum in recent years, but the COVID-19 pandemic is propelling physician practices to quickly figure out how they can best use the technology…

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May 1, 2020 Blog

CMS Opens Medicare Telehealth Waivers to Include Physical, Occupational, Speech Therapists

More than a month after the federal government issued widespread waivers to expand telehealth coverage amid the COVID-19 pandemic, therapists will finally be able to provide remote…

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Apr 24, 2020 Blog

Telehealth: Delivering Care Safely During COVID-19

During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, HHS has taken steps to make it easier to provide telehealth services. Telehealth — sometimes referred to as telemedicine — describes the…

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