Medisys Compliance

MARCH 7, 2024

In 2024, the AMA introduced 349 changes to the CPT code set, comprising 230 new codes, 49 deletions, and 70 revisions. Staying abreast of these 2024 CPT code updates is essential for healthcare professionals to ensure precise coding and proper financial reimbursement.

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 22, 2024

The digital health and health tech sectors had a tough year in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, navigating through a turbulent hype cycle.

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 10, 2024

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, virtual care and digital health tools are more popular than ever. Elevance Health is launching a new initiative that aims to put smartphones in the hands of Medicaid members who otherwise cannot connect to virtual services.

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Medisys Compliance

MARCH 10, 2024

Introduction Wound care billing in 2024 continues to be a dynamic and intricate aspect of healthcare administration, offering both challenges and opportunities for providers and coders. Prior Authorization Challenges and Strategies Another challenge in wound care billing in 2024 is navigating prior authorization requirements.

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Hall Render

OCTOBER 12, 2023

On Tuesday, October 10, 2023, the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) and the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) issued a second temporary rule (the “Second Temporary Rule”) extending the effective period for the COVID-19 Telemedicine Flexibilities for Prescription of Controlled Medications (“telemedicine flexibilities”).

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Health Populi

AUGUST 22, 2023

Due to their delayed return to medical services and diagnostic testing in the COVID-19 pandemic era, U.S. employees are expected to sustain serious health impacts that will drive employers’ health care costs, envisioned in the 2024 Large Employer Health Care Strategy Survey from the Business Group on Health (BGH).

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Total Medical ComplianceHIPAA

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

OSHA: We have an employee out with COVID-19. The CDC guidance says that employees experiencing a mild to moderate case of COVID-19 who are not moderately to severely immunocompromised may return to work after 7 days have passed since symptoms first occurred (day 0), and COVID-19 testing is performed.

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Jane Sarashon

DECEMBER 12, 2023

consumers feel in worse financial shape now than in 2022, with inflation a top concern, discovered in the 2024 New Year’s Financial Resolutions Study from Fidelity Investments. adults 18 and over in October 2023 to gauge peoples’ perspectives on personal finances, and well-being currently and into 2024. One-third of U.S.

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Hall Render

MAY 9, 2023

Notably, the Temporary Rule, which can be accessed here , extends the COVID-19 PHE telemedicine flexibilities (hereinafter, “telemedicine flexibilities”) for six months following the end of the PHE (through November 11, 2023).

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Provider Trust

JANUARY 25, 2024

Though HHS has made efforts to address the challenges outlined in this year’s report, there are still many opportunities for improvement in 2024. We’ve broken down the report’s primary themes and how they affect healthcare organizations moving forward in 2024. With Medicaid, the challenges are equally formidable.

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Health Populi

JUNE 30, 2023

in 2024, according to the annual report from the PwC Health Research Institute, Medical cost trend: Behind the numbers 2024. for 2024 medical trend. The post The Cost of Treating Patients is On the Rise: PwC Goes What’s Behind the 2024 Medical Spending Numbers appeared first on HealthPopuli.com.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 12, 2024

As of January 2024, a staggering 77.6% The data spans from January 2019 to January 2024. The COVID-19 Factor The study identifies the COVID-19 pandemic as a major accelerator of this trend. of US physicians are employed by hospitals, health systems, or corporate entities.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, large employees have many concerns about worker and dependents’ health. By 2024, areas of food access, childcare, housing, racism, and transportation will grow in focus for at least one in ten companies.

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Health Care Law Brief

APRIL 3, 2023

On Friday, March 31, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Calendar Year (CY) 2024 Medicare Advantage (MA) Capitation Rates and Part C and Part D Payment Policies ( Rate Announcement ). We note that the greatest increase in enrollment in MA for 2024 was in dual-eligible special need plans.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 25, 2022

The first is focused on protecting access to care via the telehealth flexibilities that have enabled broad expansion and uptake of virtual care since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Unsurprisingly, 2021 will largely be shaped by "the disruptive forces of COVID-19," according to IDC, which sees the pandemic as having changed "everything across all verticals now and into the future." WHY IT MATTERS. " ON THE RECORD.

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Healthcare Law Today

JANUARY 4, 2023

million omnibus spending bill that became law December 29, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) extended, through December 31, 2024, the Acute Hospital Care at Home (H@H) initiative whereby individual hospitals may seek waivers to operate H@H programs. As part of the $1.7

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 5, 2022

These programmes – National University Health System’s NUHS @ Home, Singapore General Hospital’s SGH @ Home and Yishun Health Medical Home – are now providing eligible patients with general medical conditions, such as skin infections, urinary tract infections, and COVID-19, with an option to be admitted to a virtual ward.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic underscored the crucial role of technology in healthcare, from the surge in telehealth to the use of devices like tablets for patient communication. The development of a patient-assistance app during this crisis exemplifies technology’s potential in offering practical solutions.

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YouCompli

MARCH 29, 2023

In this article, she discusses several issues that hospitals and health systems need to consider as a result of the scheduled end of the COVID-19 public health emergency. population previously received at least one COVID-19 vaccination. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) reports that 80% of the U.S.

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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. in June 2022. payment update.

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Healthcare Law Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Under the Second Temporary Rule, practitioners may continue to prescribe schedule II-V controlled medications via telemedicine for new and existing patients without conducting a prior in-person medical evaluation through 2024.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 29, 2022

One big point underneath this big trend is that 21% of employers saw increased disability claims due to long COVID and another 1 in 4 companies expect to see that increase at some point. I’ll call out food access here at the 20% of employers saying they will consider this SDoH for 2024-2025.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 30, 2023

The COVID-19 public health emergency came to an end on May 11. This also happens to coincide with the World Health Organization declaring an end to the COVID-19 global health emergency. This also happens to coincide with the World Health Organization declaring an end to the COVID-19 global health emergency.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 26, 2022

Representative Debbie Dingell, D-Michigan, the bill would address the so-called post-PHE telehealth cliff by removing geographic requirements and expanding originating sites for virtual care services through the end of 2024. The American Medical Association is also a fan. " ON THE RECORD.

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American Medical Compliance

JANUARY 25, 2024

The year 2024 marks another significant chapter in the healthcare industry’s ongoing battle against infectious diseases, and the numbers speak volumes. This makes them highly effective at preventing the spread of infectious diseases, including COVID-19.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 10, 2023

Department of Health and Human Services said it would temporarily extend telemedicine flexibilities for the prescription of certain controlled medications granted under the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, which is set to expire on May 11.

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Medisys Compliance

APRIL 1, 2024

After December 31st, 2024, new POS codes specifically for telehealth will be implemented: POS 02 – Telehealth (originating site is not the patient’s home) POS 10 – Telehealth (patient’s home is the originating site) HCPCS Codes These codes identify specific telehealth services beyond a standard visit.

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Innovaare Compliance

APRIL 7, 2024

or $16 billion in 2025 over 2024 in expected MA payments. The base beneficiary premium (BBP) will be capped at 6% from prior year from 2024 to 2029 [3]. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) officially announced capitation rates for Medicare Advantage (MA) plans for CY 2025 – average increase of 3.7%

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Health Populi

JANUARY 2, 2023

“The drop [in life expectancy] was primarily due to increases in COVID-19 and drug overdose deaths,” the CDC summarized in the reports’ release. “Covid-19 and drug overdoses drive US life expectancy to lowest level in 25 years, CDC reports,” i n CNN. This is the largest fall in U.S.

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Compliance Now

AUGUST 10, 2023

During the recent public health emergency declared as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, state agencies did not terminate individuals’ Medicaid or CHIP coverage. CMS has separately announced a temporary Exchange special enrollment period for individuals to enroll in coverage any time between March 31, 2023, through July 31, 2024.

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Innovaare Compliance

APRIL 7, 2024

or $16 billion in 2025 over 2024 in expected MA payments. The base beneficiary premium (BBP) will be capped at 6% from prior year from 2024 to 2029 [3]. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) officially announced capitation rates for Medicare Advantage (MA) plans for CY 2025 – average increase of 3.7%

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 15, 2024

What You Should Know: – The US healthcare industry, after weathering a storm of inflation, labor shortages, and lingering COVID-19 impacts in 2023, is now showing signs of a promising rebound, according to a new repor t by McKinsey & Company.

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American Medical Compliance

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

During the COVID-19 pandemic, most medical providers transitioned into online consultations with patients using Telehealth with the help of Medicare. In an effort to continue the policies, the introduction of this bill will support these services to provide accessible care through 2024. New Regulations. ” References.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 9, 2024

As treatment costs change year-over-year, a percentage known as the medical cost trend, we can expect a 7% medical cost trend in 2024. This is an increase in 2024 for healthcare costs covered by individual and group health plan markets, compared to 6.0% Race and ethnicity data emerged as the country moved out of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 23, 2023

government passed the Advancing Telehealth Beyond COVID-19 Act of 2022, which allows Medicare patients access to telehealth services, including audio-only services, through 2024. Further, telehealth services are becoming more accessible, which is driving greater adoption. For example, the U.S.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 31, 2022

House of Representatives passed by a 416-12 vote the Advancing Telehealth Beyond COVID–19 Act of 2021 , which would extend the telehealth flexibilities put in place during the public health emergency until the end of 2024.

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