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4 Remote Patient Monitoring Reimbursement Tips for Your Practice
By: Collin Couey on March 25, 2022 Imagine spending precious time and money setting up a remote patient monitoring program at your practice only to realize it’s too costly to maintain. If you’re on the fence about setting up such a program, you can avoid that worst-case scenario. We’ll break down the ins and outs of remote patient monitoring […]
Telehealth Policy Update
Thursday, March 24, 2022 There have been several significant developments with regard to Federal government telehealth policy. These include the recently enacted appropriations bill funding the Federal government for the balance of the fiscal year, a Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General data brief, the MedPAC annual report to Congress and […]
Telehealth Policy Update
There have been several significant developments with regard to Federal government telehealth policy. These include the recently enacted appropriations bill funding the Federal government for the balance of the fiscal year, a Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General data brief, the MedPAC annual report to Congress and statements by the Secretary […]
AHA Requests Additional COVID-19 Financial Support from Congress
During the Delta and Omicron surges, hospitals and health systems faced significant challenges, prompting AHA to ask Congress for additional COVID-19 financial support. By Victoria Bailey March 24, 2022 – The American Hospital Association (AHA) has urged Congress to provide hospitals and health systems with additional COVID-19 financial support, including more Provider Relief Funds and an extension on the Medicare […]
Telehealth Update: A Federal Appropriations Bill, A Positive OIG Report, and Good News from HHS
Last week saw a lot of great news in the world of telehealth. On March 15, President Biden signed into law H.R. 2471, the “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022”, which extends many of the Medicare telehealth flexibilities put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic for a period following the end of the Public Health Emergency (PHE). […]
FCC Closes Out Connected Care Pilot With $30M in New Grants
Sixteen new projects have been selected to receive the funding in the last round of the program established in 2020 to support the advancement of connected care. By Anuja Vaidya March 23, 2022 – The Federal Communications Commission has selected 16 new Connected Care Pilot Program projects to receive $29.7 million in funding. This is the fourth and final set […]
FCC ANNOUNCES FINAL GROUP OF APPROVED PROJECTS FOR CONNECTED CARE PILOT PROGRAM
Program Will Support Connected Care Services Across Country, Focus on Low-Income and Veteran Patients — WASHINGTON, March 16, 2022—Today, the Federal Communications Commission announced its fourth and final set of approved Connected Care Pilot Program projects. These 16 projects were approved for a total of $29,752,601 in funding. With the newly selected projects, the […]
The economics of a comprehensive care management program in 2022
Care management services are reimbursable remote medical services that provide ongoing care to patients between traditional or remote doctor’s office visits. Such services include chronic care management (CCM), remote patient monitoring (RPM), behavioral health integration (BHI), and many others, with even more services emerging regularly. Since their inception, care management services have largely been conceptualized […]
CMS Greenlights Teletherapy and Signals Support for Future Telehealth Services
The end of 2021 brings positive indications of the continued acceptance of telehealth as an important clinical care approach post public health emergency (“PHE”). The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”), like other payors, overhauled its approach to telehealth services in response to the COVID-19 PHE. In the CY 2022 Physician Fee Schedule Final […]
GOP, Independent Senators Co-Sponsor Medicare Telehealth Access Bill
The bipartisan legislation would eliminate Medicare’s geographic and originating site restrictions and establish policies that ensure Medicare coverage for telehealth services. January 28, 2022 – U.S. Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Angus King (I-ME) are co-sponsoring the Telehealth Modernization Act, which aims to solidify access to and coverage of telehealth services for Medicare beneficiaries. At the start of the […]
What 2022 Could Have in Store for Laws Governing Telehealth
Numerous telehealth bills are winding their way through Congress, and while they appear to have solid, bipartisan support, there are some key factors that could hold back their passage. January 17, 2022 – Though telehealth usage has both dipped and grown at various points over the last year, it is expected to remain a key part of care delivery […]
Congress Extends Telehealth Flexibilities: 7 Things You Need to Know
The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (the Act), was passed by the U.S. House and Senate on March 9th and 10th, 2022, and signed into law by the President on March 15, 2022. The Act extends certain telehealth flexibilities for Medicare patients for 151 days after the official end of the federal public health emergency (PHE). Currently, the PHE […]
New Bill Aims to Extend Acute Hospital Care at Home Waiver
A bill introduced in the Senate aims to extend CMS‘ Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver for two years after the COVID-19 public health emergency reaches an end. By Mark Melchionna March 11, 2022 – Sens. Tom Carper (D-Delaware) and Tim Scott (R-South Carolina) introduced a bill called the Hospital Inpatient Services Act that allows for a two-year extension of […]