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Jul 17, 2020 •Blog

CMS Confirms RTs Can Furnish Telehealth During the Pandemic

Since mid-March, the AARC has pushed the Administration to include respiratory therapists as telehealth practitioners during the COVID-19 pandemic. Under their wavier authority, CMS announced that it…

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Jul 17, 2020 •Blog

New study outlines best practices for delivering care via telehealth

Using trauma-informed principles in telehealth visits may mitigate health impacts of COVID-19 while increasing engagement in care and opportunities for protective, healing connections BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF…

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Jul 17, 2020 •Blog

Novelty to necessity: Telehealth an option as patients fear contracting COVID at hospitals

WASHINGTON (ABC7) — Telehealth has gone from a novelty to necessity during the pandemic as patients’ fears grow over contracting COVID-19 at hospitals and primary care offices. “Heart…

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Jul 17, 2020 •Blog

FAQs: Medical Resident Use of Telehealth During COVID-19

During the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has authorized new flexibility for medical residents and teaching physicians to rely…

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Jul 16, 2020 •Blog

CMS Guidance for Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) During COVID-19 (CPT Codes 99453, 99454, 99457, 99458, and 99091)

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has provided some guidance within the “Medicare and Medicaid Programs Policy and Regulatory Revisions in Response to the COVID-19…

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Jul 9, 2020 •Blog

3 Types of Telemedicine and How They Each Improve Patient Experience

Telemedicine has been around for a long time, but recent circumstances have caused its adoption rates and popularity to skyrocket. For many practices and patients, this is…

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Jul 9, 2020 •Blog

Milliman Actuary: COVID-19 Adding Fuel to Medicare Advantage’s Home Care Fire

The coronavirus could be the match that finally sparks the Medicare Advantage (MA) boom for home care. The explosion has been a long time coming. It all…

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Jul 9, 2020 •Blog

CMS Releases Guidance on the Allowance of Telehealth Encounters in eCQMs

On July 2, 2020 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released guidance documents on the allowance of telehealth encounters for the Eligible Professional and Eligible…

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Jul 9, 2020 •Blog

Senators Ask HHS, CMS for Telehealth Expansion Timeline, Details

Signed by more than 35 Senators, the letter to HHS and CMS officials asks for ‘a written plan and timeline for permanent administrative changes to Medicare rules…

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Jul 9, 2020 •Blog

Verma: COVID-19 proving the need for greater interoperability

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma spoke about the impact COVID-19 is having on interoperability discussions at an event Tuesday. The COVID-19 pandemic has…

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Jul 9, 2020 •Blog

Telehealth, Remote Patient Monitoring Crucial to Long-Term Cardiac Health Implications of COVID-19

More studies show how COVID-19 aftermath survival may be driven by heart conditions across all demographics. InfoBionic explains why remote cardiac monitoring will be foundational to improving…

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Jul 9, 2020 •Blog

Coronavirus Daily Update: Skilled Nursing Occupancy Slips; US Begins Withdrawal from WHO

During this critical time, Home Health Care News remains committed to bringing you all the essential news related to home-based care operations. At the same time, we…

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Jul 9, 2020 •Blog

CMS Issues Proposed Rule That Would Update Home Health Payments and Allow Home Health Agencies to Continue Telemedicine Beyond Pandemic

CMS issued a proposed rule that proposes routine updates to the home health payment rates for calendar year (CY) 2021 and includes a proposal to make permanent…

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Jul 9, 2020 •Blog

Lock In Telehealth Flexibility, Protections, Says AAFP

July 02, 2020 Telehealth flexibilities implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic clearly work and should be made permanent, the Academy and more than 300 other national,…

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Jul 9, 2020 •Blog

After Past Failures, 2 States Push Ahead With New Telehealth Rules

Massachusetts’ medical board has issued its first-ever telehealth policy, while Pennsylvania lawmakers are poised to review a telehealth bill that replaces the one vetoed by their governor…

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