Remove 2018 Remove Medicare Remove mHealth Remove Telehealth
article thumbnail

Covid-19 – Technology changes accelerate – some a work-in-progress

Aging in Place Technology Watch

If your firm is in the remote care/caregiving space (health, telehealth, engagement), please comment or email and I will add to this list. Note the other ‘temporary’ change of reimbursement for remote (even telephone) visits , now fitting into the concept of telehealth. Well, as of 2015, only one-third offered free Wi-Fi to residents.

article thumbnail

Focus on Technology for Older Adults Sharpens in 2019

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Medicare Advantage changes may revive tech-enabled home care services. A far-reaching change began in 2018 to expand benefits for the chronically ill -- resulting in the likelihood that in 2019 non-skilled in-home care services will be reimbursed under the Medicare Advantage (MA) program, which covers a third of Medicare beneficiaries.

mHealth 108
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

April 2019 Telemedicine News

Enzyme Health

mHealth App for Juvenile Arthritis Patients Shows Promise for Youth Patient-Doctor Relationships. A new Swedish-developed mHealth app called Genia is showing promise at the University of Minnesota for fostering communication between juvenile arthritis patients and their care providers.

article thumbnail

Four tech and aging blog posts from September 2019

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Also in September, Medicare changes were introduced encouraging technology use by health providers, particularly telehealth services -- perhaps boosting the use of telehealth technology (for example remote visitations) which has seen a rise of consumer interest in recent polling , though not well-adopted yet by the majority of physicians.

mHealth 69
article thumbnail

2019 CMS Fee Schedule Expands Reimbursement for Remote Care

care innovations

It’s official: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) 2019 fee schedule is in effect as of January 1, 2019, bringing with it three new CPT codes that allow for expanded reimbursement for remote care services. He adds that they also “mark an important step in the government's acceptance of mHealth and telehealth technology.”.

article thumbnail

CMS Proposes Major Expansion of Reimbursement for Telehealth Services

care innovations

2017 and 2018 have been eventful years for advocates of digitally delivered healthcare, as government officials have moved more quickly and decisively than ever before to expand reimbursement for telehealth services (which in turn expands the availability of these services). Reimbursement for Telehealth Services Rapidly Expanding.

article thumbnail

Patient monitoring is evolving with artificial intelligence, sensors, smart technology, more

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The ability of such analytics to both assess patients in the moment and point toward their potential future condition had health systems investing more than $566 million in the technology during 2018, the report notes. to deliver targeted, outcome-based therapies."

mHealth 161