•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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COVID-19 – Coronavirus
Healthcare access, remote physical exams, rural and school health, reimbursement, clinical technology, and the evolving ways care can reach patients.
•Telehealth
OIG audits telehealth home services, studies HHAs’ pandemic strategies
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General recently has disclosed it is conducting an audit of home health services that were provided as…
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•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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•COVID-19 - Coronavirus
‘Really difficult nut to crack’: MedPAC torn over telehealth regs post-COVID-19
Dive Brief: Members of an influential congressional advisory committee on Medicare are torn on how best to regulate telehealth after the COVID-19 public health emergency, hinting at…
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•Telehealth
Congress should include telehealth in year-end funding, say ATA, HIMSS
In lieu of permanent policy change, industry groups urged legislators to extend temporary telehealth flexibilities through the end of 2021. By Kat Jercich December 14, 2020 10:21…
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•Telehealth
Is Telehealth Here To Stay? American Medical Association Calls For Expansion
Key Takeaways With telehealth, pricing transparency and access to care address a largely unmet need. Consistency of care can be a challenge with telehealth. Cost savings aren’t…
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•Telehealth
HHS Modifies PREP Act Declaration to Expand Telehealth
On December 3, 2020, HHS issued a Fourth Amendment to the Declaration under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (“PREP Act”), which, in part, expands access to certain telehealth…
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•Telehealth
How CPT codes set stage for telehealth’s rise amid pandemic
The use of telemedicine has skyrocketed during the COVID-19 pandemic. In part because specific regulatory barriers were lowered, but also because an infrastructure was already in place…
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•Telehealth
Analysis: CMS Gives Telehealth a Boost, But More is Needed
Experts say the 2021 Physician Fee Schedule will advance telehealth adoption, but it falls short of giving momentum to remote patient monitoring. Oh, and Congress needs to…
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•Telehealth
Medicare telehealth expansion gets bipartisan stamp of approval from lawmakers
Telehealth technology has proved to be a reliable tool for Medicare providers throughout the pandemic, according to a bipartisan and bicameral group of 49 lawmakers who want…
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•COVID-19 - Coronavirus
HHS Expands COVID-19 Telehealth Capabilities in PREP Act Amendment
The Health and Human Services Secretary will allow healthcare providers to use telehealth across state lines to deliver “Covered Countermeasures” against the coronavirus. By Eric Wicklund December 04,…
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•Telehealth
Bipartisan Cadre of Lawmakers Call for Permanent Telehealth Expansion
Telehealth has proved vital during the COVID-19 pandemic, and more than four dozen lawmakers want to see maximized moving forward. A bipartisan, bicameral collection of 49 lawmakers…
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•Telehealth
CMS finalizes physician fee schedule, including controversial updates to E/M visits
The Trump administration has finalized the annual regulation governing physician payments, and in the rule approved payment adjustments to evaluation and management visits that drew ire from…
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•Telehealth
Industry Voices—Pandemic realities have accelerated the growth of promising new telehealth models
It shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that the pressures and prerogatives of a global pandemic can have a profound effect on lives and livelihoods everywhere.…
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•Telehealth
CMS makes some telehealth coverage permanent, finalizes specialty rate cuts
In its sweeping 2021 payment rule, the Trump administration locked in a number of permanent expansions to the telehealth services Medicare covers and significantly increased payments for…
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