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Nov 3, 2020 •Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) - Medicare

NAHC Pushing for Palliative Care, SNF-at-Home Medicare Benefits

As home health and home care operators move toward the ninth month of the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s important to take stock of what has been accomplished from…

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Nov 2, 2020 •Home Health Emergency Access to Telehealth (HEAT) Act

Collins, Cardin Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Improve Access to Home Health Care Furnished By Telehealth Amid Public Health Emergencies

Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Ben Cardin (D-MD) introduced the Home Health Emergency Access to Telehealth (HEAT) Act, a bipartisan bill to provide Medicare reimbursement for…

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Nov 1, 2020 •Home Health Agencies (HHAs)

CMS (finally) Makes Telehealth Permanent for Home Health Agencies

CMS on Thursday made permanent changes to telehealth flexibilities for home health providers. In its home health payment rule for 2021, the agency signed off on changes to allow providers to…

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Oct 30, 2020 •Telehealth

CMS Announces Further Telehealth Expansions

On October 14, CMS announced several changes designed to expand access to telehealth. CMS made further additions to the list of services that Medicare will pay for…

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Oct 30, 2020 •Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) - Medicare

CMS Announces New Telehealth Services Covered by Medicare and Provides States with Medicaid and CHIP Telehealth Expansion Assistance

On October 14, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) expanded the list of telehealth services covered by Medicare during the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency. CMS also…

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Oct 30, 2020 •COVID-19 - Coronavirus

The Coronavirus Pandemic Has Exacerbated Existing Weaknesses in Telemental Health

Rates of emotional distress are surging amid a deepening economic recession, a reckoning with state violence against the Black community, and the COVID-19 pandemic. The closures and restrictions necessary…

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Oct 29, 2020 •Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) - Medicare

Improving the Clinical Response to Patient Data

By 2025, the World Economic Forum estimates that 463 exabytes of data will be created each day. Already, a single patient generates close to 80 megabytes each year in…

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Oct 29, 2020 •Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) - Medicare

CMS Announces New Medicare Telehealth Services and Updates Medicaid Telehealth Toolkit

On October 14, 2020, CMS added eleven new codes to the list of telehealth services covered by Medicare during to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE). Coverage…

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Oct 29, 2020 •Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) - Medicare

CMS again expands telehealth services covered by Medicare

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced it is adding 11 new telehealth services that Medicare will reimburse. This is the first addition to…

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Oct 29, 2020 •Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) - Medicare

CMS Proposed 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule: Physician Groups Call for Permanent Changes to Telehealth Reimbursement and Other Comments

In September we wrote about the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) releasing its proposed 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule. The proposed rule notably included several proposals to make permanent,…

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Oct 29, 2020 •Telehealth

Office Visits Rebound; CMS Expands Telehealth Services; Virtual Care for Chronic Pain

Welcome to Telehealth Roundup, highlighting news and features about emerging trends in telemedicine and telehealth. Outpatient Visits Rebound Outpatient visits per week have rebounded to pre-pandemic levels,…

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Oct 28, 2020 •Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) - Medicare

New Medicare telehealth reimbursements include cardiac rehab

Eleven new services have been added to the list of telehealth services reimbursed by Medicare fee-for-service during the COVID-19 health emergency, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid…

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Oct 28, 2020 •COVID-19 - Coronavirus

CMS Adds 11 New Approved Telehealth Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Updates Guidance to States on Medicaid Telehealth Expansion

On October 14, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it has expanded its list of telehealth services approved for Medicare beneficiaries during the COVID-19 Public…

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Oct 28, 2020 •Telehealth

Key Considerations for Permanently Integrating Telehealth Coverage

As telehealth transitions from a nice-to-have benefit to an essential form of care delivery, payers will have to make some adjustments in order to permanently integrate telehealth…

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Oct 28, 2020 •Telehealth

Factoring in Caregivers Adds Value to a Telehealth Program

Telehealth programs that include the caregiver in the care management process stand a better chance of improving outcomes and quality of life. October 16, 2020 – Telehealth programs are…

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