Digital Health Global

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has approved coverage for Dexcom G7, the most accurate, 1 easy-to-use CGM system that helps people with diabetes gain greater control of their health. 2-6 The approval of Medicare coverage for Dexcom G7 further solidifies Dexcom as the most covered and reimbursed CGM brand on the market.

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Connected Health Initiative

JULY 14, 2023

The Connected Health Initiative (CHI) thanks the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for its continued leadership in providing high-quality, cost-effective care for Americans, and for its release of the draft 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS).

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 9, 2019

That program has the potential to change our Medicare members manage meds at home to ensure better adherence, supporting better health outcomes and personal feelings of efficacy and control. [As Those born before 1985 are generally considered as digital immigrants, so people aging into Medicare today are certainly in that cohort.

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Clocktree

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act of 2019 has bipartisan Senate and House support and would expand telehealth services through Medicare. The CONNECT for Health Act of 2019 builds on the progress made in recent years to increase the use of telehealth through Medicare.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Disclaimer: This blog article, “Mastering Remote Patient Monitoring Reimbursement: A Guide to Medicare Billing Success,” offers general information and is not a substitute for professional advice. Medicare, as a crucial player in healthcare reimbursement, plays a pivotal role in facilitating the adoption of RPM.

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FierceHealthIT

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Wellvana, a value-based care enabler, is joining forces with AdventHealth as an exclusive partner to its primary care network in Florida. | AdventHealth is transitioning its entire primary care network in the state to value-based care for Medicare and Medicare Advantage patients.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 11, 2024

In addition, it covers up to 60 million lives, representing 9 out of every 10 Medicare lives and partners with 5 of the Top 6 Medicare Advantage health plans. PQS covers 95% of all community pharmacies and 10 of the Top 10 Pharmacy chains by store count including national chains and independent pharmacy groups.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

APRIL 11, 2024

In this digital age, where technology is advancing at an unprecedented pace, the Centers for Medicare Services (CMS) plays a crucial role in regulating and supporting RPM services. This article provides an in-depth exploration of CMS’s involvement in RPM, its significance, challenges, and future prospects.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 29, 2024

This news builds on the company’s recent momentum, including new and expanded payer partnerships to support Medicaid and Medicare lives and notable results for its award-winning Crisis Care program for individuals with elevated suicide risk.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 26, 2023

First, the program offers an initial access point for patients who present to the Convenient Care clinics or emergency rooms and who do not have a primary care provider, said Stephen Kapa, administrative director of telehealth services at FirstHealth of the Carolinas.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Geisinger plans to open more clinics for primary care, senior care, and convenient/retail care. Retail health-meets-Medicare. This work started in 2023 involving Walmart Health clinics serving Medicare members and looking to partner with UnitedHealth plan members and others. Then I asked ChatGPT for a response.

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Digital Health Wire

MAY 2, 2024

As recently as November, Walmart was inking health system partnerships with the likes of Orlando Health, and Bloomberg was even reporting on a potential acquisition of ChenMed that would have opened the doors to the Medicare Advantage market. Mainly because retail clinics aren’t set up to succeed.

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Mend

APRIL 4, 2023

In part 2 of our blog series, Mend reviews the temporary Medicare changes for telehealth lasting until the end of 2024. Part one of our blog series covers the Medicare changes relating to telehealth that will remain a permanent policy. More specifically, Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and Rural Health Clinics (RHCs).

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Of all the payors consistently funded to expand telehealth in the immediate future, Medicare stands head and shoulders above many others. On October 8, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the final CY 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) rule.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Some are looking for clinical improvements, and some even for culture change. The company can’t engage in the gold standard of randomized clinical trials for many reasons: the difficulty of finding subjects, the time required, and the ethical quandary of denying care to half of the subjects.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

JANUARY 6, 2024

Beginning January 1, 2024, a significant change in Medicare billing practices greatly impacted Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and Rural Health Clinics (RHCs). For the first time, these centers can bill Medicare separately for Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) and Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM) services.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 20, 2023

A bipartisan group of legislators has reintroduced the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies for Health Act – first introduced in 2016 – to expand opportunities and coverage for telehealth through Medicare. Permanently allow health centers and rural health clinics to provide telehealth services.

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FierceHealthIT

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

million people 65 and older in the country, making up about 22% of t | The capital will be used to support Bold’s continued expansion with national and regional Medicare plans and provider groups and accelerate the growth of its clinical exercise offerings to support the diverse physical and mental health needs of older adults.

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Mend

MARCH 27, 2023

In part 1 of our blog series, Mend reviews the permanent Medicare changes to the Telehealth policy. Permanent Medicare Changes Relating to Telehealth Policy At the start of COVID-19, the CMS used emergency waivers to streamline access to virtual care. The COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) has been in place for three years.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 3, 2024

THE LARGER TREND While the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently called its Acute Hospital Care at Home initiative successful in reducing hospital visits, it is likely unsustainable due to the costs and resources needed. Phone with a direct connection to your care team – no dialing needed.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 27, 2021

Leading healthcare industry stakeholders on Monday implored top leaders in the House and Senate to help ensure, among other imperatives, that "Medicare beneficiaries [don't] abruptly lose access to nearly all recently expanded coverage of telehealth." " WHY IT MATTERS.

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Digital Health Global

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Although IVUS has steadily made inroads, predominantly in coronary interventions, robust clinical trial data supporting utilization in both coronary and peripheral interventions are fueling future market growth. 1 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). 2 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

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Medicare Medical Technology Life Science Digital Health 88

Health Populi

MARCH 12, 2024

” The cost of patient access to care: In a sort of post-pandemic clinical deja vu , the cyberattack has led to some patient care delays; some health care planners are forecasting patient safety implications that could persist for years. The Department of Health and Human Services finally weighed in on the situation on March 5th.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

McKinsey estimates $265 billion worth of care services for Medicare patients could shift from traditional facilities to the home by 2025. Cindy Gaines, RN, is chief clinical transformation officer at Lumeon, a clinical automation company. This is at the core of population health.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

In addition to highlighting the Patient’s Bill of Rights, NABIP’s keynotes and general sessions will speak to similar topics being brainstormed at VIVE this week — including mental health, maternal health, pharmacy and prescription drugs (pricing, PBMs), population health, and Medicare and Medicaid innovations.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 16, 2021

would remove the statutory requirement that Medicare beneficiaries be seen in person within six months of receiving mental health services through telehealth. "Medicare patients deserve direct access to telemental health services, and this bill removes barriers, to make this possible," he said. Bill Cassidy, R-La.,

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 10, 2020

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has temporarily suspended several regulations to enable hospitals, clinics and other providers to boost their front-line medical staff during the coronavirus pandemic. "It’s all hands on deck during this crisis," said CMS Administrator Seema Verma in a statement.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

The initiative, a coalition of industry stakeholders including providers, payers and vendors, applauded efforts to make permanent changes to Medicare's statutory restrictions on telehealth coverage in its letter. Department of Health and Human Services to expand telehealth in Medicare. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 4, 2023

SA Health, Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN), the Adelaide Primary Health Network, the Australian Telehealth Society, Digital Health SA and Integrated Cardiovascular Clinical Network SA have been all engaged in this project, according to a media release. Led by Flinders University, the safe@home project has received nearly $1.1

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The number of Medicare TPEs and commercial payer take-back audits alone is skyrocketing. It’s important to know what types of audits exist, what to be aware of, and how productivity goals can affect clinics and culture. . Meanwhile, Medicare also has a Fee for Service Recovery Audit Program. Not all audits are created equally.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Caravan Health President and CEO Tim Gronniger previously was chief of staff and director of delivery system reform at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. In 2019 and 2020, its partners earned $300 million in Medicare savings, more than $120 million in shared savings, and quality scores exceeding 97%, the company reported.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The financing will support the cost-bearing that is key to DecisionRx’s unique business model: DecisionRx can assume the full cost of delivering Medication Therapy Optimization to patients of Accountable Care Organizations, Medicare Advantage Plans, and self-insured employers. Aon Securities, LLC.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Those fitness goals are reflected in this next chart which quantifies the share of people using health applications by clinical reason: first, being exercise, fitness, activity tracking, or heart rate monitoring (not blood pressure, but heart rate).

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 18, 2020

On Tuesday, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services expanded its Medicare telehealth coverage during the COVID-19 pandemic to enable more patients to get virtual care services from their providers. WHY IT MATTERS. ON THE RECORD. " Twitter: @MikeMiliardHITN. Email the writer: mike.miliard@himssmedia.com.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 21, 2022

Monash Health pilots virtual clinic for blood pressure management. Monash Health, a public health service in Victoria, has piloted its pharmacist-led virtual clinic for managing the blood pressure of patients with chronic diseases. Yarram District Health Service adopts Global Health's EMR, patient engagement tools.

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Digital Health Global

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Award Winning AI-Powered Risk Stratification – Free For All Medicare ACOs The first new product launching is ClosedLoop’s ACO-Predict , the industry’s first free solution for AI-powered population health risk stratification. To date, Evaluate has been piloted by payers and providers managing more than 2.7

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Medicare Accountable Care Digital Health 88

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 22, 2022

Department of Justice announced the coordinated law enforcement action, which includes criminal charges against executives from virtual care vendors, owners of clinical laboratories and makers of durable medical equipment, among others. Three dozen defendants across the U.S. were charged this week for more than $1.2 WHY IT MATTERS.

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