Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 4, 2020

Teladoc reported that total visits rose 92%, from 1,063,000 to 2,045,000 in the past quarter. Most importantly, the report notes that telemedicine use has begun to decline since mid-April, which was likely the peak period of the pandemic-imposed lockdown. What could go wrong with this picture? Featured Decision Content:

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

By Andrea Fox | September 01, 2023 News Will CMS' Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver program become permanent? By Bill Siwicki | December 13, 2022 News RPM will be the new standard of care, a new study says WebCareHealth CEO Dr. Teresa Sieck unpacks the results of the report about remote patient.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 29, 2023

New CMS and AMA guidelines, coding changes, and reimbursement methods have been implemented. CMS publishes a State Operations Manual with interpretive guidelines for surveyors. Medicare Payment Resources CMS implemented an Ambulatory Payment Classification-based payment methodology in 2008.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 15, 2023

Reasons for the spike include upticks in claims denials, more risk adjustment reviews, and increases in mandatory HEDIS reporting. Particularly for risk adjustment (RA) reviews, even the slightest gaps in reporting leaves health plans at risk for drops in quality ratings and subsequent revenue loss. The purpose is justified.

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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. CMS is replacing QSO memoranda 22-07-ALL Revised , 22-09-ALL Revised and 22-11-ALL. Background. Surveyor Review.

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Med-Net Compliance

JULY 25, 2022

Discussion Points: Review policies and procedures related to HIPAA and CMS record release requirements. Ensure that those who receive requests for record release are knowledgeable in the right of access standard established by OCR and the time frame required by CMS to ensure timely response.

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

CMS issued guidance for skilled nursing facilities (“SNFs”) on how to deal with visitors during the pandemic. Skanska issued its 4Q 2021 Construction Market Trends Report. Our Health Care Real Estate Briefing is your comprehensive summary of weekly health care real estate highlights currently happening across the nation.

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Healthcare Blog

APRIL 26, 2023

Infection control, medication distribution and administration, pandemics, central-line insertion, patient- sensitive information , c onflict resolution —the volume of hospital policies and procedures grow with changes to CMS regulations and accrediting organization standards, evidence-based practice and new technology. link] Irving, A.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

We'll talk to the thought leaders and first-movers reimagining the how and where of patient-friendly tech, and report on ways to activate, if not delight, the people they treat. ONC, CMS leaders tell Senate HELP Committee time is of the essence. This month, our coverage will continue a special focus on the patient experience.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 22, 2021

In the remote monitoring space, the clinician community’s lack of confidence in the quality of data, especially self-monitored and patient-reported data, was a challenge despite the obvious benefits of managing large chronic populations through connected devices. For reimbursement by the CMS, a device must be an FDA-listed device.

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Hall Render

MARCH 28, 2023

Blanket Waivers During the PHE, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued many versions and revisions to its memorandum entitled “COVID-19 Emergency Declaration Blanket Waivers for Health Care Providers” that announced blanket waivers for providers, including SNFs. CMS will end this waiver at the end of the PHE.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) program, used by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to rate hospitals, now contain two measures of SDoH. Hopefully, at least, the measures will stimulate hospitals to ask the right questions, and CMS will know how needy their populations are. ” (pages 21-22).

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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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Redox

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

According to the 2020 CAQH index , PA is the single largest expense for the healthcare industry with a total price tag estimated at about $767 million annually. In a 2020 AMA survey of physicians , 94% of providers reported that PA processes have delayed the delivery of care. Change is good (and also maybe required).

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Hall Render

DECEMBER 1, 2023

to Recruit, Train Primary Care Students UAMS Gets $17.5M to Recruit, Train Primary Care Students UAMS Gets $17.5M to Recruit, Train Primary Care Students UAMS Gets $17.5M to Recruit, Train Primary Care Students UAMS Gets $17.5M

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 6, 2020

They provide health measures of patients and transmit them back to providers – or in some cases are reported back to providers – to facilitate healthcare decisions from afar. In turn, patients report biometric, objective and subjective data on their health status and social determinants of health via a patient-facing app.

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Hall Render

APRIL 12, 2024

But some patients fear they could lose access CONNECTICUT Alleged DNR mix-up death highlights concerns for nursing homes CT hospital mergers mean higher prices and fewer competitors, state report says Fix or nix? Connecticut’s ‘certificate of need’ law under scrutiny Hartford HealthCare’s Black & Red Gala raises $2.6M

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

NATIONAL Amazon Pharmacy, One Medical pilot program integrates medication consultations Bad news for FTC’s noncompete ban Cigna to sell Medicare business to HCSC for $3.3B 5 highest paid anesthesiologists in Washington, DC D.C.’s 5 highest paid anesthesiologists in Washington, DC D.C.’s

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Hall Render

MARCH 22, 2024

To qualify, facilities must close their beds Amazon’s physician acquisition strategy As Many Hospitals Continue to Face Significant Financial Challenges, MedPAC Recommends Highest Ever Medicare Payment Update Change competitors step in but breaking up may be hard to do CMS to launch new primary care ACO program Congress unveils $1.2T

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

NATIONAL Biden plans to end the Covid public health emergency this spring in a major shift to federal response Biden administration will end COVID-19 emergencies on May 11 Can a drugstore be your only doctor? Now hospitals are charging them.

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

million operating loss Judge Keeps FCA Case Against Kaiser Permanente Alive Kaiser Permanente reports $4.1B CALIFORNIA 8 ASCs opening in Florida, California and New York A bankrupt California hospital left a health care desert.

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