Sleep and Mental Health Sleep plays a vital role in maintaining and promoting optimal mental health. As humans, we spend about one-third of our lives sleeping, and this seemingly passive state has profound effects on our cognitive, emotional, and psychological well-being. In recent years, research has increasingly highlighted the intricate relationship between sleep and mental […]
Lose and Maintain Weight More than two-thirds of American adults are obese or overweight.[1] Losing and maintaining a healthy weight can be challenging in a fast-paced lifestyle. Tracking related biomarkers can paint a picture of your unique metabolic health and give you clues on how to personalize your weight loss journey to get healthier quicker […]
Extend Your Life and Health Span Longevity is an emerging industry researching the extension of a healthy lifespan. There is a real option to utilize strategies to live not only longer, but spend the later years of one’s life productively, actively, and feeling great. Measuring is a key element of personalizing the journey towards it. […]
Improve Your Drive Drive is more than just the desire to have sex. Drive is the motivation to get out of your bed in the morning, to build a career, to create, and to make a positive impact on your life and the lives of others. The Neuroscience of Motivation and Drive The neuroscience of […]
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths globally. Most lung cancer cases are not diagnosed until the advanced stage, lowering a person’s 5-year survival rate. Currently, the only screening available for lung cancer is a low-dose CT, which has some limitations. A cancer genomics company says it has developed a blood test for the detection […]
Executive Summary Digital health advocates believe remote monitoring—the use of digital technologies to collect and relay patient data to health care professionals—has the potential to transform disease management, health outcomes, and patient care, especially for individuals with multiple chronic conditions who lack convenient access to providers. Medicare, most state Medicaid agencies, and many private health […]
The next generation of healthcare will have a face that will likely be much different than anything seen before. The push to rapid innovation, especially in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic, resulted in solutions that provided new outlook in the way healthcare is supervised. As all the industries adjusted to working remotely, healthcare has been more benefitted […]
In November 2023, CMS issued final rules for the 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) and the 2024 Medicare Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS). Both of these rules contained finalized policy proposals that will impact rural health clinics (RHCs) beginning in January 2024: Telehealth Flexibilities CMS has officially extended some telehealth flexibilities that were allowed […]
In this article, you’ll learn the differences and rates between RTM billing codes and RPM billing codes for 2024. CMS released the CY 2024 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule in November 2024. The final rule includes 3,000 pages of detailed policy changes related to remote therapeutic monitoring (RTM) and remote patient monitoring (RPM) Medicare reimbursement. This article breaks down the […]
The 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule final rule, released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) earlier this month, extended certain telehealth-related flexibilities that were implemented during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. CMS issued a Fact Sheet summarizing the telehealth updates, as well as other important Medicare policy changes. Until 2020, Medicare reimbursed […]
On November 2, 2023, in the 2024 final rule for the physician fee schedule, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized crucial policies impacting remote physiologic monitoring (RPM) and remote therapeutic monitoring (RTM) services reimbursed under the Medicare program. This article breaks down the key takeaways of the Medicare final rule 2024 to guide […]
In certain circumstances, the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) using section 1135 of the Social Security Act (SSA) can temporarily modify or waive certain Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, or HIPAA requirements, called 1135 waivers. There are different kinds of 1135 waivers, including Medicare blanket waivers. When there’s an emergency, sections 1135 or […]