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May 10, 2021 •Remote Patient Monitoring

Supporting patients aging at home with proactive care and remote monitoring

Recently, the home-based healthcare market has boomed in terms of interest and investments from payers, which makes sense given the ongoing need to keep high-risk populations healthy…

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Mar 18, 2021 •Telehealth

Protecting Access to Post-COVID-19 Telehealth Act Reintroduced to Congress

This week, a bipartisan group of lawmakers reintroduced the Protecting Access to Post-COVID-19 Telehealth Act to the U.S. House of Representatives. Telehealth has expanded both at the individual provider…

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Mar 18, 2021 •COVID-19 - Coronavirus

The Other Shoe Drops: OIG To Audit COVID-19 Telehealth Home Health Services

Monday, February 1, 2021 In response to the ongoing COVID-19 public health emergency (the “PHE”) first declared on March 13, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid…

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Mar 15, 2021 •COVID-19 - Coronavirus

COVID 19 and Community Behavioral Health Care

Editor’s Note: In a new report for the California Health Care Foundation, summarized below, Manatt Health discusses the impact of key legal changes that supported the delivery…

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Mar 9, 2021 •Medicaid

Florida Mulls Medicaid Coverage for Asynchronous Telehealth, RPM

A bill introduced last month in Florida would give the state’s Medicaid program the option to provide coverage for asynchronous (store-and-forward) telehealth services and remote patient monitoring…

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Mar 9, 2021 •Telehealth

Capitol’s bipartisan bill authorizes $50M to ramp up telehealth services at nursing homes

Bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) aims to protect older Americans living in nursing homes from risking exposure to the coronavirus by increasing…

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Mar 4, 2021 •Telehealth

Senators Capito, Klobuchar introduce legislation to enhance telehealth support for seniors during pandemic

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WHSV) — West Virginia Senator Shelley Moore Capito and Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar have reintroduced legislation to enhance telehealth support for seniors and increase access…

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Mar 3, 2021 •Blog

Remote patient monitoring is not the “future.” It’s the “now.”

Every patient who could benefit should be armed with the sophisticated and validated technologies currently available to monitor key biometrics at home to alert patients and their…

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Mar 2, 2021 •COVID-19 - Coronavirus

The Home health landrush: Getting ahead in a complex market

Few people question whether care delivery will continue to migrate out of the hospital into new settings such as the home. The better question is, what services…

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Feb 15, 2021 •Telehealth

Washington is Awash in New and Reintroduced Telehealth Bills

In advance of the next session of Congress, lawmakers are scrambling to file new bills or resubmit old bills that aim to expand telehealth access and coverage…

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Feb 2, 2021 •Telehealth

CMS Finalizes Telehealth Coverage and Reimbursement Changes in Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule

The Big Picture Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have dramatically—but temporarily—expanded coverage and reimbursement for…

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Feb 2, 2021 •Telehealth

Permanent Expansion of Telehealth Services – A Silver Lining?

As of December 1, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has permanently expanded the number of telehealth services available to Medicare beneficiaries and enrollees as…

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Jan 26, 2021 •Virtual Exam and Virtual Care

Today’s Virtual Care Revolution: How Policy Has Shaped And Will Continue To Shape Telehealth

Some will say 2020 was the year that everything changed, but in reality, it will be 2021 that determines our new healthcare reality. Virtual care advanced quickly—and…

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Jan 26, 2021 •Telehealth

The “State” of Telehealth: New Jersey

Saturday, January 23, 2021 This article is the first post in our new “State” of Telehealth series in which we discuss innovation on a state level on the expansion…

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Jan 21, 2021 •Medicaid

Omnibus Appropriations Package – 15 Key Provisions for Healthcare Providers

Passed by Congress Dec. 21, 2020, and signed by President Donald Trump Dec. 27, 2020, the $1.4 trillion omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (H.R. 133), includes numerous…

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