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Nov 5, 2019 •Blog

Medicare Remote Patient Monitoring: CMS Finalizes New Code and General Supervision

05 November 2019 Authors: Nathaniel M. LacktmanEmily H. Wein CMS just released the 2020 final rule with changes to remote patient monitoring (RPM), officially titled “Chronic Care…

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Nov 5, 2019 •Blog

CMS Finalizes New Reimbursement Rules for Remote Patient Monitoring

The final rule for the 2020 Physician Fee Schedule gives hospitals and health systems more opportunities to use remote patient monitoring and paves the way for new…

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Nov 5, 2019 •American Medical Association (AMA)

Federal law cripples telehealth in Medicare. New bill changes that.

What’s the news: A bipartisan Senate bill unveiled last week would make it easier for patients enrolled in Medicare to receive telehealth services from physicians. Digital health…

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Oct 31, 2019 •Blog

CMS Lowers PDGM’s Behavioral Adjustment, Finalizes RAP Elimination Plan

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Thursday finalized the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) for 2020, in addition to its plan to phase out home…

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Oct 30, 2019 •Blog

Congress, Candidates and the White House Agree: Telehealth Is Policy to Get Behind

This week, a bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduced the long-awaited updated version of the CONNECT for Health Act, a bill that is likely to be the…

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Oct 30, 2019 •Blog

Telehealth strategies for the next 3-5 years: 5 key points

Health systems across the country are developing telehealth strategies, both in rural and urban populations. Telehealth can refer to virtual visits and other consumer-facing digital interactions, or…

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Oct 30, 2019 •Blog

Remote Telemetry Monitoring: Supporting Clinical Care and Clinical Leaders with a Simplified Operating Model

Telemetry is widely-used by hospitals and health systems as a means of providing continuous cardiac monitoring for designated patients. While internal development of these programs has been…

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Oct 30, 2019 •Blog

‘Telehealth’ Poised to Change the Face of Health Care

Fifteen or 20 years ago, the idea that we all would one day carry around mini-computers through which we could access virtually all of recorded information —…

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Oct 30, 2019 •Blog

New Telehealth Legislation Seeks to Expand Medicare Coverage

Removing geographic barriers and improving rural access are among the goals of CONNECT for Health Act of 2019, which has bipartisan Senate and House support. Support for…

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Oct 23, 2019 •Blog

Industry Voices—3 steps to reducing readmissions amid an aging population

by Chris McCann Oct 23, 2019 Hospital readmissions are an expensive problem in the U.S. both for providers and patients. According to a study by the Agency…

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Oct 21, 2019 •aTouchAway

California Enacts Telehealth Payment Parity, Boosts Asynchronous Care

California Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed several telehealth bills, making the state among a dozen to support payment parity, store-and-forward care and telemedicine abortions. By Eric Wicklund October…

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Oct 20, 2019 •aTouchAway

California Governor Signs New Telehealth Insurance Law

On October 11, 2019, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a new law requiring commercial health insurance coverage and payment parity for telehealth services. The law will benefit patients by…

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Oct 10, 2019 •Blog

Bipartisan support keeps telehealth adoption moving forward

Over the last decade, few issues in politics have been more polarizing than healthcare. It’s driven a deep wedge between Democrats and Republicans, particularly following the passage…

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Oct 9, 2019 •Blog

Lots to Like in the Executive Order on Medicare

On October 3, President Trump issued an executive order on “protecting and improving Medicare for our nation’s seniors.” For now, it’s only a statement of intent, but…

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Oct 7, 2019 •Blog

California Expands Medicaid Tele-Health Policy

The California Department of Health Care Services (“DHCS”) recently revised its Medi-Cal telehealth policy to allow providers increased flexibility in their use of telehealth as a modality for delivering…

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