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The Medicare Value-Based Care Strategy: Alignment, Growth, And Equity
As the nation’s largest health care payer, responsible for more than one in five dollars spent on health care within the United States, Medicare plays a key…
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) – Medicare
Healthcare access, remote physical exams, rural and school health, reimbursement, clinical technology, and the evolving ways care can reach patients.
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Strengthening Behavioral Health Care for People with Medicare
COVID-19 has exacerbated the nation’s struggle with mental health and substance use disorders (collectively called “behavioral health conditions”), fueling a full-blown crisis. For some Americans during the…
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OIG Recommends Home Health Agencies Evaluate Telehealth Activity
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) found that despite the positive impact of telehealth flexibilities on home health agencies (HHAs), there…
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GAO Releases Report on Telehealth
On September 26, the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report titled “Medicare Telehealth: Actions Needed to Strengthen Oversight and Help Providers Educate Patients on Privacy and Security Risks.” The…
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CBO analysis paints pros and cons of telehealth
The Congressional Budget Office identified telehealth as one of the tools to help reduce prices paid by commercial health insurers in a recently released policy analysis. The…
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Office of Inspector General (OIG)
Inspector General Issues Report on Telehealth Services During Pandemic
Recently, the Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) for the Department of Health and Human Services published its Report on Medicare Telehealth Services During the First Year of the…
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UMass Memorial Health, UNC Health commend hospital-at-home programs, touting better outcomes, saved costs
Healthcare leaders are calling on Congress to extend a waiver that expanded flexibilities for hospital-at-home programs, saying continued reimbursement is critical to scale up these programs. Temporary waivers…
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How Telehealth Legislation Will Evolve During the Pandemic & Beyond
Despite numerous bills to solidify telehealth flexibilities enacted during the pandemic, none have passed in Congress, leaving the future of telehealth access and adoption uncertain. By Anuja Vaidya…
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Congress Extends Telehealth Benefits
Congress has extended telehealth benefits for Medicare beneficiaries and for participants in high-deductible health plans with health savings accounts. The extension keeps telehealth benefits in place that…
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Congress Considers Two New Telehealth Bills Expanding Access to Virtual Care
Earlier this month, two telehealth bills intended to expand patient access to virtual healthcare were introduced to the United States Congress. Each bill seeks to continue building…
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American Medical Association (AMA)
AMA’s advocacy efforts push for permanent telehealth advancements
COVID-19 has led to dramatic increases in adoption of telehealth by both physicians and patients. Policymakers should seize the opportunity to make permanent policy that supports many…
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Rural Health Clinics (RHCs)
Regulations Open Doors for Telehealth Services in FQHCs
Make sure your facility is aware of all the Medicare policy changes that permit payment for expanded services. Telehealth as a healthcare delivery platform has been in…
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2 New Telehealth Bills Aim to Solidify Expanded Virtual Care Access
Two bills, introduced in the US House and Senate, aim to extend certain flexibilities enacted during the COVID-19 pandemic. By Mark Melchionna June 01, 2022 – Congress will consider two…
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Evolving hospital-at-home models benefit patients and providers
The most powerful drivers for digital home hospital adoption are advances in telehealth, remote monitoring and emerging digital technologies that facilitate high quality, cost-effective care beyond hospital…
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Chronic Care Remote Physiological Monitoring: Essential CPT Codes
Remote patient monitoring (RPM) is an important branch, strong augmentation and considerable expansion of telemedicine that has altered the health business. RPM has played a significant part in…
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