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May 15, 2023 •Blog

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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May 11, 2023 •Blog

HHS: How the End of the PHE Will Impact Telehealth Flexibilities

May 11, 2023 – Today marks the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), bringing changes to telehealth flexibilities enacted amid the pandemic. On May 11, the Department…

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May 2, 2023 •Blog

HHS-OIG Releases Toolkit for Assessing Telehealth Billing Risks

May 02, 2023 – A newly released federal toolkit aims to help healthcare stakeholders analyze their telehealth claims data to assess program integrity risks. Released last week by the US Department…

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May 1, 2023 •Blog

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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Apr 30, 2023 •Blog

HHS OIG Releases Telehealth HHS OIG Toolkit

HHS OIG has said that during 2020, the use of telehealth services increased dramatically, with Medicare beneficiaries using 88 times more telehealth services in that year than…

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Apr 17, 2023 •Blog

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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ADA 2021 Study Outlines Benefits of RPM on Glycemic Control in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

Mar 30, 2023 •Blog

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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Mar 10, 2023 •Blog

Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs)

Critical Access Hospital is a designation given to eligible rural hospitals by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Congress created the Critical Access Hospital (CAH)…

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Mar 9, 2023 •Blog

How Telehealth Policy is Evolving at the State Level

March 09, 2023 – The COVID-19 pandemic spurred telehealth use to new heights, with policy changes and flexibilities enacted at the state and federal levels supporting the rapid integration…

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Mar 9, 2023 •Blog

Remote Monitoring Services Under Review: Update On Potential Medicare Coverage Policies

09 March 2023 by Caroline Reignley (Washington, DC) , Deborah R. Godes (Washington, DC), Michael Ryan (Washington, DC), Dale Van Demark (New York), Marshall Jackson (Washington, DC) and Abby Higgins (London) A recent multijurisdictional contractor advisory committee (CAC) meeting…

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Mar 6, 2023 •Blog

What to expect now that we’re expecting: What the end of the public health emergency means for healthcare providers Part 2: Guidance on telehealth

I. Introduction On January 30, 2023, the Biden Administration announced its plan to end the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) on May 11, 2023. As discussed here, the PHE declarations…

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Mar 6, 2023 •Blog

Remote Monitoring Services Under Review: Update on Potential Medicare Coverage Policies

A recent multijurisdictional contractor advisory committee (CAC) meeting held by six of the seven Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) gave stakeholders an initial opportunity to provide feedback on…

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Mar 3, 2023 •Blog

Realizing the Potential of Remote Patient Monitoring

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Feb 27, 2023 •Blog

CMS Waivers, Flexibilities, and the Transition Forward from the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency

Feb 27, 2023 Based on current COVID-19 trends, the Department of Health and Human Services is planning for the federal Public Health Emergency for COVID-19 (PHE), declared under…

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Feb 27, 2023 •Blog

American Hospital Association voices support for telehealth expansion bill

Jeff Lagasse, Associate Editor The American Hospital Association has come out in support of bipartisan legislation, introduced in the House of Representatives, that would require the Department of Health and Human…

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