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Dec 21, 2018 •Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs)

CMS Looks to Expand 3-Day SNF Waivers, Encourage Risk with New ACO Models

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Friday finalized its new set of rules for accountable care organizations (ACOs), removing the no-risk tracks that represented…

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Dec 14, 2018 •Blog

What to know about the telehealth upsides of Medicare Advantage plans

Forthcoming policies from CMS will open up the home as a covered site of care in which hospitals can earn payment. Susan Morse, Senior Editor This past…

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Dec 6, 2018 •Blog

Modernizing Medicare: CMS Expands Reimbursement for Virtual Care and Telehealth

As part of the 2019 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule (Final Rule) published on November 23, 2018,1 the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) took…

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Nov 27, 2018 •Blog

This New Rule Will Expand Telemedicine to More Medicare Advantage Users

Good news for Americans who use Medicare Advantage. The Trump administration is proposing a new Medicare rule that will enable more Medicare Advantage enrollees to access telemedicine,…

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Nov 27, 2018 •Blog

CMS Finalizes New Structure to Move Home Health to Value-Based Payment

November 27, 2018 Laura Joszt CMS is moving home health agencies away from a volume-based payment model and to a new value-based payment system. The Patient-Driven Groupings…

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Nov 21, 2018 •Blog

Congress Facing Pressure to Pass Telehealth Bill for Senior Care

Connected care advocates are pressuring Congress to pass the RUSH Act, which aims to increase telehealth and telemedicine services in senior care facilities. By Eric Wicklund November…

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Nov 16, 2018 •Blog

Medicare Expands Payment for Telehealth and Remote Patient Monitoring Services

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Nov 15, 2018 •Blog

5 Telehealth Insights from CMS’ Seema Verma

Telehealth is changing the face of healthcare, and Medicare must adapt, said the CMS administrator. Innovation is vital to the evolution and sustainability of the American healthcare…

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Nov 12, 2018 •Blog

CMS Code Gives Docs a Chance to Use Store-and-Forward Telehealth

Beginning next year, CMS will reimburse providers using store-and-forward telehealth (also known as asynchronous telehealth) to analyze and diagnose images sent to them from established patients. By…

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Nov 7, 2018 •Blog

Medicare Telehealth Coverage—Ten Things

Health Update November 07, 2018 Recognizing significant changes in healthcare practice, especially innovations in the active management and ongoing care of chronically ill patients, and patients’ desire…

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Nov 6, 2018 •Blog

Health Care Alert: CMS Rules Expand Use of Telehealth And Remote Patient Monitoring Under Medicare

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently published two rules designed to promote the use of telehealth and remote patient monitoring (RPM) under the Medicare…

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Nov 2, 2018 •Blog

CMS to Reimburse Providers for Remote Patient Monitoring Services

CMS has issued its final update to the 2019 Physician Fee Schedule and Quality Payment Program, including three new CPT codes for reimbursement of remote patient monitoring.…

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Nov 1, 2018 •Blog

CMS overhauls Medicare billing, telehealth standards

By Virgil Dickson | November 1, 2018 The CMS on Thursday finalized a rule that will pay doctors for virtual visits and overhaul Medicare billing standards for office…

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Nov 1, 2018 •Blog

CMS will cover virtual care for the first time

Medicare will pay for certain communication technology-based services, the remote evaluation of recorded video and/or images and an expanded list of telehealth services. By Erin Dietsche On…

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Nov 1, 2018 •Blog

CMS finalizes rule for remote patient monitoring reimbursement under Medicare

CMS Administrator Seema Verma said that the remote monitoring change and others would promote care innovation and reduce provider burden. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services…

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