GlobalMed

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

Telemedicine is quickly becoming a valuable practice in the medical community, with many doctors offering virtual care services to their patients. Aside from being able to treat patients remotely, one major advantage to telemedicine is that it reduces costs and helps healthcare organizations manage capacity.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

MARCH 29, 2023

The Medicare 8-Minute Rule is a critical component of billing for physical therapy services. The 8-minute rule stipulates how providers can bill for timed services, and it plays a significant role in determining reimbursement rates. Medicare adds up the total number of units charged to calculate the final payment amount.

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SteadyMD

MARCH 17, 2022

In late January, more than 330 organizations (including EHI, the Alliance for Connected Care, and the American Telemedicine Association) sent a letter to congressional leaders requesting temporary extension of telehealth waivers as a pathway toward permanent telehealth policies. There are also bigger concerns at play – fraud.

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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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InTouch Health

APRIL 1, 2019

How Telehealth Adoption Rates Continue to Change We’ve seen several reports recently citing low telehealth adoption rates. According to a recent study, telemedicine accounts for just 8.2% Learn more about how adoption rates continue to change. of patient interactions among small practices, while it was 26.5% for large practices.

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care innovations

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Just as it did for the 2018 calendar year , the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is seeking to further expand reimbursement for remote patient monitoring, virtual visits and other telehealth services as part of its proposed 2019 Medicare physician fee schedule. 2019 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule: 3 Key Takeaways.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JULY 10, 2023

Behavioral health professionals stand out as the biggest winners, with more recent legislative action in their favor than any other professional group, particularly with regard to practicing telehealth and telemedicine across state lines. Will your malpractice carrier cover you in either case? Read below to get the details.

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American Well

JUNE 28, 2015

Welcome to the first installment of Avizia’s Telemedicine Today, #tday for all you Twitter users. Each  Each month, Avizia will provide a recap of the latest industry news and public policy updates on issues impacting the use and deployment of telemedicine. ” Read More. Healthcare Informatics.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JULY 11, 2023

Behavioral health professionals stand out as the biggest winners, with more recent legislative action in their favor than any other professional group, particularly with regard to practicing telehealth and telemedicine across state lines. Will your malpractice carrier cover you in either case? Read below to get the details.

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Henry Kotula

MAY 9, 2020

Federal officials have taken some steps to help small practices, including advancing Medicare payments and reimbursing doctors for virtual visits. I worry about how well these practices will be able to shoulder the financial burden to be able to meet the health care needs people have,” he said. “If In Albany, Ga.,

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Medicine and Technology

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Linkous, CEO of the American Telemedicine Association: Six Misperceptions about the Telemedicine Market Healthcare is a $2.5 Companies, institutions and individuals from everywhere are looking to see how to get a piece of the healthcare market. And now the excitement is turning to telemedicine. So was the VCR. population.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

MARCH 29, 2023

Behavioral health professionals stand out as the biggest winners, with more recent legislative action in their favor than any other professional group, particularly with regard to practicing telehealth and telemedicine across state lines. Will your malpractice carrier cover you in either case? Read below to get the details.

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BHM Healthcare Solutions

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Click HERE to discuss how BHM helps payers. . Medicare restricts what telehealth services can be billed and limits telehealth access geographically. HIPAA does not have specific telehealth requirements, meaning a telehealth provider must meet the same HIPAA requirements as in-person care. Here are six highlights.

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LinkousThink

AUGUST 17, 2011

Companies, institutions and individuals from everywhere are looking to see how to get a piece of the healthcare market. And now the attention is turning to telemedicine. Every week there is a new conference, a newsletter or journal and even a new association targeting some aspect of telemedicine. population.

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care innovations

JANUARY 2, 2019

2018 began with a bang, as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) officially “unbundled” CPT code 99091 to give eligible practitioners the ability to receive separate reimbursement for certain remote care services. January: Unbundled CMS Code Increases Remote Care Reimbursement. You can download your copy here. and Canada.”

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Henry Kotula

JUNE 21, 2020

A pharmacist helped, but Mr. Chapman no longer has insurance, and is not sure what he will do until he is eligible for Medicare later this year. She and her doctor have relied on telemedicine appointments to reduce the risk of infection. She said she would dread “a fight with the insurance company if you don’t meet their guidelines.”.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

The 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Final Rule, set forth by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), brings pivotal updates in healthcare reimbursement. This article aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of these changes, which are crucial for healthcare providers.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

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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Clear Arch Health

MAY 18, 2023

This Clear Arch Health podcast episode features American Telemedicine Association (ATA) leadership (Ann Mond Johnson, CEO and Kyle Zebley, Sr. I’m Bill Paschall, and today we’re going to discuss the end of the COVID Public Health Emergency and what does this mean for telehealth. Listen and read the full text here!

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Clear Arch Health

MAY 18, 2023

This Clear Arch Health podcast episode features American Telemedicine Association (ATA) leadership (Ann Mond Johnson, CEO and Kyle Zebley, Sr. I’m Bill Paschall, and today we’re going to discuss the end of the COVID Public Health Emergency and what does this mean for telehealth. Listen and read the full text here!

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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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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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GlobalMed

JULY 21, 2019

So why are some providers reluctant to adopt telemedicine solutions? To help providers separate fact from fiction, we just published a guide called The Truth About Telemedicine Revenue and Reimbursement. For now, here are a few tips for maximizing telemedicine reimbursement in your practice or hospital. Administrative Changes.

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LinkousThink

MARCH 10, 2010

Recently, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) came out with an interpretation of how a hospital should provide quality assurance for physicians providing health care via telemedicine to a patient in the hospital. There are 200 telemedicine networks connecting to over 3,000 sites across the United States.

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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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Lloyd Price

AUGUST 6, 2018

"So, I don't think they're falling short, but there are limitations in terms of how many of them can do health information exchange orientated around the long term," Shegewi said. But that won't happen overnight, especially in a highly regulated industry that's necessarily cautious about how it handles sensitive patient data. "In

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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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Henry Kotula

JANUARY 21, 2019

Effusive digital health funding and increases in mobile and telehealth services show no signs of abating, and neither does general M&A activity. Progress on behavioral and population health is happening in tandem with — or perhaps existing symbiotically alongside — the growth of telemedicine. Doubling down on digital.

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Henry Kotula

JULY 31, 2019

Seven support Medicare for All. Unlike many of his Democratic rivals, Biden does not support full Medicare for All. As in Medicare, costs would be reduced through negotiating for lower prices from hospitals and other providers. The others – Biden, Bennett and Inslee have come out in favor of a public option.

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