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Jul 14, 2018 Blog

Telehealth Gets a Boost in Proposed Physician Fee Schedule

Some very good news for the telehealth community can be found amidst the more than 1,400 pages of the proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for 2019 (“Proposed Rule”) issued…

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Jul 14, 2018 Blog

New CMS Incentives for Remote Patient Monitoring and Patient Access

By Jodi G. Daniel and Maya Uppaluru on July 13, 2018 Posted in Digital Health CMS has issued its 2019 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule, containing…

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Jul 13, 2018 Blog

FCC Eyes Support for Telehealth, RPM Projects Serving Rural America

The FCC’s proposed $100 million Connected Care Pilot Program would focus on telehealth, telemedicine and remote patient monitoring projects to help low-income Americans, especially veterans and those…

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Jul 13, 2018 Blog

Medicare Billing Overhaul to Transform E&M Documentation, Expand Telehealth

By Steven Porter | July 13, 2018 The changes were proposed Thursday with updates to the Physician Fee Schedule and Quality Payment Program for 2019. For more than…

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Jul 13, 2018 Blog

CMS Proposes Historic Changes to Modernize Medicare and Restore the Doctor-Patient Relationship

Date 2018-07-12 Title CMS Proposes Historic Changes to Modernize Medicare and Restore the Doctor-Patient Relationship Contact press@cms.hhs.gov CMS Proposes Historic Changes to Modernize Medicare and Restore the…

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Jul 13, 2018 Blog

CMS Proposes More Medicare Reimbursement For Telehealth, RPM

CMS’ proposed 2019 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and Quality Payment Program includes coverage of telehealth-based check-in services and support for remote patient monitoring programs. By Eric Wicklund…

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Jul 10, 2018 Blog

Insights on Patient Engagement and Behavior Change. Are hospital readmissions penalties actually improving health outcomes?

Are hospital readmissions penalties actually improving health outcomes? Posted by Brent Walker, SVP Marketing & Analytics on Jan 17, 2018 1:44:27 PM A decade ago, a study of…

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Jul 5, 2018 Blog

CMS proposes reimbursing home health agencies for remote patient monitoring

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Monday announced a proposed rule to allow home health agencies to be reimbursed—for the first time under Medicare—for remote…

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Jul 5, 2018 Blog

CMS proposal builds remote patient monitoring into home health reimbursement

Home health agencies may soon be able to include the costs associated with remote patient monitoring into Medicare reimbursement. Under a proposed payment rule (PDF) released by the…

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Jul 5, 2018 Blog

CMS proposes paying home health agencies for remote monitoring

By Virgil Dickson | July 2, 2018 The CMS is considering paying home health agencies for remote patient monitoring. Remote patient monitoring involves the use of digital tools…

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Jul 5, 2018 Blog

CMS Proposes Home Health Groupings Model, $400 Million Medicare Payment Boost

By Robert Holly | July 2, 2018 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is proposing to overhaul the home health prospective payment system and continue…

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Jul 3, 2018 Blog

CMS proposes calendar year 2019 and 2020 payment and policy changes for Home Health Agencies and Home Infusion Therapy Suppliers

Date 2018-07-02 Title CMS proposes calendar year 2019 and 2020 payment and policy changes for Home Health Agencies and Home Infusion Therapy Suppliers Contact press@cms.hhs.gov CMS proposes…

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Jul 3, 2018 Blog

CMS Takes Action to Modernize Medicare Home Health

On July 2, CMS proposed significant changes to the Home Health Prospective Payment System (PPS) to strengthen and modernize Medicare, drive value, and focus on individual patient…

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Jun 14, 2018 Blog

49 groups urge CMS to set codes to cover remote monitoring

By Fred Bazzoli Published June 12 2018, 7:47am EDT Some 49 provider organizations, IT professional groups and vendors are urging the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services…

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Jul 5, 2016 Blog

Telehealth sweet spot? Remote monitoring of patients with cardiovascular or respiratory disease, AHRQ says

In the coming years according to the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), the medical industry could see telehealth technologies being used to monitor maternal…

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