CMS-Supported Telehealth Will Continue To Be A Driving Force – But Watch for Greater OIG Enforcement
As mindsets pivoted to a post-pandemic life, telehealth advocates petitioned CMS to embrace telehealth as a permanent care option, and CMS responded with regulatory action at the end of 2021. During the Covid-19 Pandemic, telehealth usage surged as patients and providers turned to it as a safer care alternative. McKinsey estimated telehealth claim volumes reached […]
Congress Considers Extending Medicare Telehealth Flexibilities
During the COVID-19 pandemic, HHS has allowed numerous telehealth flexibilities across Medicare and Medicaid, making it possible for patients to receive care remotely from their homes and enabling states, managed care organizations, and providers to expand access to care. The telehealth landscape looks drastically different now compared with before the pandemic, with patients and providers […]
Congress Considers Extending Medicare Telehealth Flexibilities
During the COVID-19 pandemic, HHS has allowed numerous telehealth flexibilities across Medicare and Medicaid, making it possible for patients to receive care remotely from their homes and enabling states, managed care organizations, and providers to expand access to care. The telehealth landscape looks drastically different now compared with before the pandemic, with patients and providers […]
Using Hospital-At-Home Services to Lower Readmissions, Increase Capacity
A safety-net health system leveraged its home hospital program, launched a few months before the Omicron surge, to bring acute care to patients and alleviate capacity challenges. February 28, 2022 – As the Omicron variant drove COVID-19 case counts up, hospitals found themselves facing a familiar problem: caring for patients as inpatient capacity grew slim. Many health facilities […]
FCC Seeks Reforms to Rural Health Care Program
The FCC is requesting public comment on proposed reforms to the Rural Health Care Program to “promote program efficiency and ensure that rural healthcare providers receive appropriate levels of funding.” Initial Comments Due: 30 days after publication in the Federal RegisterReply Comments Due: 60 days after publication in the Federal Register Background The Rural Health […]
Potential is high’ for remote patient monitoring in difficult-to-control asthma
PHOENIX — Although challenges remain, remote digital health practices can be implemented for most aspects of asthma evaluation and management, according to a speaker at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting. Presenting the 24th year of the Elliot F. Ellis Memorial Lectureship during the meeting’s presidential plenary session, Andrew Liu, MD, FAAAAI, director […]
New Senate Bill Would Extend Access to Telehealth After the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Ends
Recognizing how important access to telehealth services has been to millions of Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic, a bipartisan group of senators recently introduced a bill that would extend COVID-era expanded telehealth access for an additional two years after the COVID-19 public health emergency has ended, which is expected at some point during 2022. The […]
Speaker: ‘Potential is high’ for remote patient monitoring in difficult-to-control asthma
PHOENIX — Although challenges remain, remote digital health practices can be implemented for most aspects of asthma evaluation and management, according to a speaker at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting. Presenting the 24th year of the Elliot F. Ellis Memorial Lectureship during the meeting’s presidential plenary session, Andrew Liu, MD, FAAAAI, director […]
New 2022 Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM) CPT codes Can Be Effectively Used By Doctors
Dr. Cheng Ruan Feb 25, 2022 How physician practices can take advantage of the New 2022 Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM) CPT codes. NOTE: this is different from Remote Patient Monitoring which I cover later in this blog. Remote therapeutic monitoring is a brand new service description that doctors in private practices (especially those in integrative medicine practices) […]
Mississippi Medicaid Reimbursement – Telehealth
Mississippi Last updated 01/13/2022 POLICY Policy applies to Private payers, MS Medicaid and employee benefit plans “Remote patient monitoring services” means the delivery of home health services using telecommunications technology to enhance the delivery of home health care, including: Monitoring of clinical patient data such as weight, blood pressure, pulse, pulse oximetry and other condition-specific […]
Mississippi Medicaid – MS Admin. Code 23 Part 225 Chapter 1 – Telehealth Services
Title 23: Division of MedicaidPart 225: TelemedicineChapter 1: Telehealth ServicesRule 1.1: DefinitionsThe Division of Medicaid defines telemedicine as a method which uses electronic informationand communication equipment to supply and support health care when remoteness disconnectspatients and links primary care physicians, specialists, providers, and beneficiaries whichincludes, but is not limited to, telehealth services, remote patient monitoring […]
How Remote Patient Management Is Providing Ease Of Work To Healthcare Professionals In Canada
Canada is a leader in providing high-quality healthcare services to patients nationwide. While there is no doubt that healthcare in Canada is advanced when compared with lesser-developed nations, there is always room for improvements and innovation in the sector. In recent years, Canadian healthcare has experienced a few hardships, such as a shortage of healthcare […]