Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 4, 2021

Financial/Revenue Cycle Management Population Health Precision Medicine Telehealth Workforce From vaccines to virtual care, enterprise imaging to precision medicine, these are the growth areas that will shape the direction of healthcare, this year and beyond. The year 2020 has been a year unlike any other year in our history.

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Hall Render

MAY 11, 2023

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) recently released revisions and additional clarifications to prior CMS guidance on many issues that skilled nursing providers face as they encounter certain visitation scenarios. Vaccination Recommendation While not required, CMS encouraged facilities to offer testing to visitors.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 26, 2022

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. This amounts to savings of 55% to 70% for Medicare beneficiaries who are part of a knee or hip replacement bundled payment program.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 24, 2021

” Next, let’s visit the article looking at Trends in Differences in Health Status and Health Care Access and Affordability by Race and Ethnicity in the U.S. Finally, check out Association of Race and Ethnicity and Medicare Program Type With Ambulatory Care Access and Quality Measures. than on white people.

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Hall Render

JANUARY 14, 2022

On January 13, the Supreme Court handed down a pair of decisions on the CMS vaccine mandate rule and the OSHA vaccine-or-test rule. In short, the Court ruled in this opinion that CMS is not prohibited from implementing its vaccine mandate for Medicare-funded facilities (the Interim Final Rule or “IFR”).

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Hall Render

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) has retooled guidance it armed surveyors with regarding how to survey skilled nursing facilities for compliance with the CMS staff vaccine requirements. i), the regulation that details the requirements related to COVID-19 vaccination of facility staff.

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MedTrainer

MAY 4, 2023

You’ve got plenty of tools and training courses to utilize and this article will provide a quick checklist for changes that are common to many sectors. This article will focus on the federal changes, but make sure to check with all states where your providers are licensed to stay up-to-date. That’s a lot to keep track of!

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Hall Render

AUGUST 11, 2023

On August 7, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released a final rule (“Final Rule”) that updated Medicare payment policies and rates for skilled nursing facilities (“SNFs”) under the Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System (“SNF PPS”) for fiscal year (“FY”) 2024.

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Hall Render

MAY 30, 2023

On April 4, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released a proposed rule (“Proposed Rule”) that would update Medicare payment policies and rates for skilled nursing facilities (“SNFs”) under the Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System (“SNF PPS”) for fiscal year 2024. CMS sees this as a 3.7%

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YouCompli

APRIL 5, 2023

For example, the following services will not be affected post-PHE: Medicare and Medicaid telehealth visit flexibility Access to COVID-19 vaccines COVID-19 treatments such as Paxlovid and Lagevrio As we restore standard operations, prioritize reviewing policies and procedures for staff to ensure they are current.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The following is a guest article by Mike Noshay, MSE, Founder and Chief Strategy & Marketing Officer at Verinovum. As 2020 comes to a close, healthcare industry leaders are looking ahead to 2021 with excitement and anticipation.

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Hall Render

MAY 2, 2023

The CMS Memo provides that this means that all new SNF stays beginning on or after May 12, 2023 will require a qualifying hospital stay before Medicare coverage. Hall Render blog posts and articles are intended for informational purposes only. The F-Tag associated with this regulation is F-884. Benefit Period Blanket Waiver.

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Total Medical Compliance Resources

APRIL 14, 2023

Diagnosis code education: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid developed educational materials for providers so they can use the new ICD-10 code for Long COVID. Staff are trained on Long COVID guidance and resources, and the DIAL has since provided assistance to nearly 80,000 people with disabilities.

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Drug & Device Law

DECEMBER 29, 2023

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