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Remote Patient Monitoring

Healthcare access, remote physical exams, rural and school health, reimbursement, clinical technology, and the evolving ways care can reach patients.

Jan 23, 2019 American Medical Association (AMA)

5 tips to succeed with remote patient monitoring

Adopting the latest technological advances that can take your practice to a new level can also seem like a daunting task. And data show that physicians can…

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Dec 28, 2018 Blog

Leveraging analytics to evaluate trends and outliers in Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM)

The 999-emergency service was first introduced in the 1930s. The last nine decades have seen the service expand from handling more than 1,000 calls in its first week of…

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Dec 26, 2018 Blog

CMS broadens reimbursement for remote patient monitoring services

The landscape of US healthcare is changing, both geographically and technologically. Healthcare providers are not only beginning to implement new technologies such as the cloud, artificial intelligence…

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Nov 16, 2018 Blog

Medicare Expands Payment for Telehealth and Remote Patient Monitoring Services

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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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Oct 31, 2018 Blog

CMS Shifting Home Health to Value-Based Payments Under New Model

The finalized Patient-Driven Groupings Model will transition home health agencies to more of a value-based payment system by 2020, CMS announced. November 01, 2018 – CMS recently finalized…

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Oct 31, 2018 Blog

CMS will pay for remote patient monitoring by home health agencies

By Maria Castellucci | October 31, 2018 The CMS issued a final rule Wednesday that allows home health agencies to bill Medicare for remote patient monitoring. Home health…

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Oct 31, 2018 Blog

CMS finalizes changes to remote monitoring reimbursement for home health providers

Beginning Jan. 1, 2020, home health providers will be allowed to build the costs of remote monitoring technology into Medicare reimbursement, according to a new rule finalized by…

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Oct 30, 2018 Blog

CMS Proposes Telehealth Expansion for Medicare Advantage Plans

CMS is proposing to loosen reimbursement and access restrictions on the use of telehealth and telemedicine in Medicare Advantage plans, giving providers more opportunities to use connected…

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Oct 30, 2018 Blog

CMS Releases Proposed CY20 Medicare Advantage/Part D Rule

Recently, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released their Contract Year (CY) 2020 Medicare Advantage and Part D proposed rule, a wide-ranging proposal that expands…

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Oct 26, 2018 Blog

Contract Year (CY) 2020 Medicare Advantage and Part D Flexibility Proposed Rule (CMS-4185-P)

Contract Year (CY) 2020 Medicare Advantage and Part D Flexibility Proposed Rule (CMS-4185-P) On October 26, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a…

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