HIT Consultant

MARCH 30, 2023

Eric Bacon, President at AMD Global Telemedicine, Inc The adoption of virtual health has increased dramatically since March 2020, with 150 million telehealth claims in less than two years. Payment for VBC services is determined by how well these services work to keep patients healthy and avoid sickness.

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Health Care Law Brief

JUNE 2, 2022

Similarly, with respect to Medicare, Congress extended certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities for 151 days following the conclusion of the PHE, as part of the Fiscal Year 2022 Omnibus appropriations bill. Does the state adhere to the corporate practice of medicine doctrine? Prescriptions & Controlled Substances.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Specifically, what if the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) rescinds the emergency orders it has put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic? More generally, how have televisits affected clinicians’ revenues, and how is the effect likely to change? How televisits improve clinical revenues.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 23, 2021

But the fact that these ideas are even being discussed points to how far the conversation has shifted since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. It's just, to my mind, a question of how fast, and where it levels out. Then you have to put in how do we put in place all the tools to serve them? Hospital at home is here to say.

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YouCompli

MARCH 29, 2023

During the PHE, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) relied on emergency authorizations, waiver authorities, regulatory processes, and sub-regulatory guidance to create numerous waivers and flexibilities. Finally, note that these issues are specific to Medicare and Medicaid beneficiary patients only.

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Health Law Advisor

MARCH 7, 2023

The proposed rules are more restrictive than the DEA emergency waivers under which providers conducted telemedicine prescribing for the last three years, but are less restrictive in comparison to the pre-PHE regulations applicable to telemedicine prescribing of controlled substances under the federal Controlled Substances Act (“CSA”).

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AIHC

APRIL 25, 2022

Written by: Joanne Byron , BS, LPN, CCA, CHA, CHCO, CHBS, CHCM, CIFHA, CMDP, COCAS, CORCM, OHCC, ICDCT-CM/PCS This article addresses how to track telehealth policies while addressing HIPAA compliance and mobile device management as the United States enters into a post-pandemic era. So, how do policies apply? Misuse of Mobile Devices ?

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C&M Health Law

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

On October 29, 2020, CMS issued the Home Health Prospective Payment System final rule [ CMS-1730-F, CMS-1744-IFC, and CMS-5531-IFC ], which permanently authorizes use of telecommunications technology as part of patient care under the Medicare home health benefit. [1]. Use of Telecommunications Technology in Home Health Services.

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Hall Render

JANUARY 11, 2023

Note that if a covered entity has hybridized and performs non-covered functions through a mobile app under its hybridized entity, the Health Breach Notification Rule may be applicable to the information maintained in such mobile app. Health Information Technology – FAQs on HIPAA and health IT.

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Health Law Blog

OCTOBER 29, 2018

IT Donation to Facilitate Telemedicine Consultations – Low Risk of Fraud says OIG. The OIG’s analysis and conclusion of the Proposed Arrangement provides new insight into the government’s position on these type of donations that facilitate telemedicine encounters. The Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) of the U.S.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

One national telehealth organization covering 2,000 hospitals and 81,000 doctors, for example, experienced an 86% decrease in time needed to complete the patient onboarding process, and 92% of providers said they expect to continue video visits post-pandemic. No time to rest.

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Healthcare Law Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

This does not come as a surprise, as most startups in the healthcare technology space have been active in developing attractive strategies. As we approach the middle of the first quarter of 2023, private equity firms have continued to demonstrate their interest in investing in digital health.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 6, 2021

And while she knows how to carry out these functions, she nonetheless remains fearful of inadvertently introducing bacteria into the line and the consequences that could result. It doesn’t even take you to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) website. How does that make sense?

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Healthcare It News

AUGUST 7, 2023

It allows for health plans and employers to cover telehealth visits for individuals with high-deductible health plans and health savings accounts, providing families with the critical flexibility that allows them to maintain access to a range of affordable virtual care services before the deductible is met.

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Hall Render

JUNE 30, 2023

Here’s how new laws aim to fix that. New Cornell Scott Hill Health Center in New Haven Dixwell ‘Q’ House ‘a blessing’ North Haven medical office building sells for $1.5M

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Now that President Joe Biden has declared the COVID-19 pandemic over, the ATA's Telehealth Awareness Week policy update webinar explored how federal and state telehealth policies may be affected as Congress decides whether or not to end the public health emergency (PHE). WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND.

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Healthcare Law Today

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

“HHS understands how critical it is for patients to better align the Part 2 rules and program with HIPAA. Currently, Part 2 programs are required to provide a written “summary” of Part 2’s restrictions to patients, but Part 2 does not require such programs to provide a comprehensive NPP to patients.

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Redox

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

If you were to ask someone on the street what they consider the most impactful digital health innovation over the last five years, there’s a good chance their response would be, “telemedicine”. Oddly, even with its place in the general public’s lexicon, telemedicine utilization is still rather low. rubs temples in exasperation*.

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Hall Render

JANUARY 6, 2022

Nursing homes face possible citations, civil monetary penalties, denial of payments and—as a final measure—termination of participation from the Medicare and Medicaid programs by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) as they embark on complying with the new CMS COVID-19 vaccine requirements for their staff.

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Hall Render

OCTOBER 13, 2023

health care startup Ounce raises $5.2M to broaden services for low-income households Team From George Washington University Wins Grand Prize in 2023 D.C.

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Hall Render

MAY 19, 2023

to Partners The federal COVID-19 emergency is ending.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 12, 2021

"We are at an inflection point, and inflections bring new challenges," said former senate majority leader Dr. William Frist, R-Tennessee, during the first day of the American Telemedicine Association's four-part EDGE policy conference on Tuesday. " "If we offer telehealth as an insurer, does that drive up utilization?

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Hall Render

OCTOBER 14, 2022

How hospital CIOs, IT leaders prepared for the new information-blocking rule. Telemedicine regulation more aggressive now than before the pandemic? Health policy researcher says Colorado has opportunity to reduce unwarranted Medicare Advantage prior authorization denials. Bain: 25% of clinicians want out of healthcare.

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Hall Render

MARCH 18, 2022

How the PE Nursing Home Crackdown Could Affect the Home Health Industry. How the Hospice of West Alabama is changing lives for the better. How an Arkansas university is training students, researchers to use Epic. California physician, patient recruiter charged with $36M Medicare fraud. CALIFORNIA.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

But what does all of this mean for the future of patient care? As we begin to emerge from the pandemic, BIDMC staff expect telemedicine to continue at the current volume of 20% of all ambulatory care visits. You mentioned earlier the growth of telemedicine that has taken place during the COVID-19 pandemic. Please elaborate.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 17, 2024

Expansion of the use of robots in telemedicine and remote patient monitoring will enable health care providers to reach patients in underserved areas. Now is the time to engage and help inform the fast-developing guardrails and regulations that will undoubtedly impact how we deliver patient care. What does this look like in practice?

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Hall Render

JUNE 16, 2023

Council approves bill requiring health insurance companies to cover fertility treatment Hospital Must Bargain With Nurses Union, DC Circ. What are they doing to address it? before Baptist merger Bankruptcy Trustee Wants Doctor To Pay Her $1.6M Health director New tool tracks gun injuries at D.C. emergency rooms D.C.

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Hall Render

JUNE 2, 2023

Here’s How It Would Work. Hospital president will update community DC A CT hospital’s single missing digit threatened $42M in COVID-19 relief payments Amazon-owned One Medical is coming to Rosslyn Children’s National Hospital is advancing phase 2 of its Walter Reed campus overhaul D.C. Wants To Cancel $90 Million In Medical Debt.

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