Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 19, 2020

Staff members were unsure if Medicare and Medicaid would honor the prospective payment-system rate. Decisions were not made yet on the level of payment. Purchasing devices and platforms due to pricing was a concern, and HIPAA-compliant platforms and cybersecurity [were concerns] for PHI/patient safety."

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COVID-19 Telemedicine Compliance HIPAA 178

Hall Render

JULY 14, 2023

On Friday, June 20, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) posted a pre-publication copy of the Calendar Year (“CY”) 2024 Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update (“PPS Rule”), which has since been published in the Federal Register and is currently open for comment. Speech Therapy 0.21

Medicare 52

Medicare Medicare Payment Systems Governance 52

CMS.gov

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Quality Payment Program (QPP) Year 1 Performance Results. Earlier this year, we released preliminary participation data on clinicians eligible to participate in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) under the Quality Payment Program (QPP).

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AIHC

JANUARY 28, 2022

Medicare Uncompensated Care Payments & DSH Hospitals' charity care and bad debt, together known as uncompensated care, is used to calculate disproportionate-share hospital payments. LTCHs are paid under the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System (LTCH PPS).

Medicare 52

Medicare Medicare Hospitals Payment Systems 52

Hall Render

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

On November 1, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) posted a pre-publication copy of the Calendar Year (“CY”) 2024 Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update Final Rule (“2024 Final Rule”), which has since been filed in the Federal Register. 7,589 2019 5,871 79.3% 7,872 2018 5,851 77.1%

Medicare 40

Medicare Medicare Payment Systems Medicaid 40

AIHC

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Noncompliance with the Hospital Price Transparency Rule The Hospital Price Transparency Final Rule (“the final rule”) was published in November 2019 and went into effect on January 2021. In 2019, the federal government finalized a rule requiring hospitals to disclose the prices they negotiate with insurers.

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Hospitals US Department of Health and Human Services Compliance Governance 52

C&M Health Law

AUGUST 10, 2022

On July 29, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule that updates Medicare payment policies and rates for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and enacts changes to the SNF Quality Reporting Program and the SNF Value-Based Purchasing Program beginning in FY 2023.

Medicare 52

Medicare Medicare COVID-19 Nursing Homes 52

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 12, 2023

Since 2019, visit volume increased the most for diagnoses of eating disorders (at 53%), anxiety (48%), substance use disorders (27%), and depression (24%). Health Payment Systems announced that PayMedix increases cash yield for healthcare organizations as much as 9.5%.

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Telemedicine Medicaid Medicaid Payment Systems 84

CMS.gov

DECEMBER 21, 2018

Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. To this end, we are developing and testing new payment models to transform our payment system, and today’s changes to Medicare’s ACO program are a critical component of that transformation. “Pathways to Success,” an Overhaul of Medicare’s ACO Program. Seema Verma.

Medicare 41

Medicare Medicare Payment Systems Fraud 41

Kaiser Health News

JUNE 29, 2022

The watchdogs also recommended imposing limits on home-based “health assessments,” arguing these visits can artificially inflate payments to plans without offering patients appropriate care. Bliss said Medicare paid $2.6 billion in 2017 for diagnoses backed up only by the health assessments; she said 3.5

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Medicare Medicare Governance Overpayments 105