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DOJ charges four in $37M global telehealth fraud scheme

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Department of Justice announced this past Friday that it had charged four people, one of whom is a licensed physician, in an international telehealth fraud and kickback scheme. Woroboff, Willard and Mills allegedly agreed to pay Massachusetts-based physician Dr. Le Thu, who is also charged in the indictment, about $35 per prescription.

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Telehealth Payments Don’t Meet Medicare Requirements

BHM Healthcare Solutions

Editor’s Note: Healthcare organizations are increasingly looking to adopt telehealth programs, but they face a number of telehealth policy barriers that hinder their plans. Payers are rapidly becoming educated in telehealth and are keen on closing telehealth gap, but need to be mindful of Medicare requirements.

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HEART Act Targets Medicare Limits on Telehealth

American Well

Addressing the barriers facing telehealth, despite its low cost and high efficacy. the Helping Expand Access to Rural Telehealth (HEART) Act targets the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) strict limitations on RPM reimbursements in rural areas. are on Medicaid and/or Medicare. Sean Duffy (R-Wis.)

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HEART Act Targets Medicare Limits on Telehealth

American Well

Addressing the barriers facing telehealth, despite its low cost and high efficacy. the Helping Expand Access to Rural Telehealth (HEART) Act targets the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) strict limitations on RPM reimbursements in rural areas. are on Medicaid and/or Medicare. Sean Duffy (R-Wis.)

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Why Telehealth Will Be More Prominent Going Forward

InTouch Health

Across the country, doctors and healthcare providers are using telehealth to communicate with and treat their patients during the coronavirus pandemic. Telehealth allows providers to remotely treat their patients, so neither party has to worry about possibly being infected with the virus. Helping Providers Establish a Digital Future.

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Medicare’s telehealth utilization nudges upward, but overall rates still hamstrung by payment policies

FierceHealthIT

The number of Medicare beneficiaries using telehealth services increased nearly 50% between 2014 and 2016, according to a new report released by CMS. The total number of members using telehealth is well under 1%, but analysts say even a small increase could lead to a huge increase in overall visits.

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How Telehealth is Expanding OB/GYN Care in Rural Communities

GlobalMed

Between 2004 and 2014, 179 rural counties lost hospital-based obstetric services ; by 2014, more than half of all rural counties lacked a hospital offering maternity care. According to the Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services, 10 to 40 percent of women skip postpartum visits for these reasons.