From telehealth to Medicare cuts: Here are the health policies in Congress' $1.7T omnibus
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DECEMBER 20, 2022
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Three in Five People 50+ in the US Will Likely Use Telehealth In the Future – An Update from AARP
Health Populi
MAY 10, 2022
“Telehealth certainly appears to be here to stay,” the AARP forecasts in An Updated Look at Telehealth Use Among U.S. adults over 50 said they or someone in their family had used telehealth. adults 50 and over in February and March 2022, to gauge older peoples’ views on virtual care now and in the future.
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Telehealth Linked to Quality as Extension Deadline Looms
Digital Health Wire
APRIL 24, 2024
Efforts to extend regulatory flexibilities for virtual care gained some wind in their sails from a new study in Health Affairs that linked telehealth use to significant quality improvements and a relatively modest bump in spending. They then analyzed outcomes for 2021 and 2022. patients, 576 systems). of all visits). of all visits).
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Telemedicine, Medicare Advantage and star ratings: What you need to know
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JUNE 19, 2023
Over the last few years, Medicare Advantage plans have dramatically increased their deployment of telehealth systems for seniors. While some in the healthcare industry may be skeptical of telehealth’s utilization, particularly within the Medicare population, these plans continue to move full steam ahead.
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Thinking About Telehealth Through the Lens of Real Estate – Listening to JLL
Health Populi
MARCH 9, 2022
If you made your living in commercial real estate — and especially, working with hospitals’ and health systems’ office space — would the concept of telehealth be freaking you out right now? If you heed the words of JLL’s 2022 Patient Consumer Survey , you’d chill (at least a bit).
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Former CMS chief of staff previews 4 areas of value-based care in 2022
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
DECEMBER 14, 2021
This is why, as the new year approaches, Healthcare IT News has sat down with an expert in value-based care to get his views on what 2022 will hold for the payment system. 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.
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Telehealth Update on Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Rules
Iris Telehealth
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
Thankfully, organizations like the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) continue to drive new initiatives to mitigate this barrier and help more people get the care they need. In November 2022, CMS finalized new rules to expand access to behavioral health. Overview of new CMS rules.
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Key Telehealth Law Update: Advancing Telehealth Beyond COVID–19 Act of 2022
Telebehavioral Health Institute
AUGUST 4, 2022
On July 27, 2022, Congresswoman Liz Cheney (R-WY) and Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) celebrated the House passage of their Advancing Telehealth Beyond COVID–19 Act of 2022. It extends critical Medicare telehealth policies and is implemented during the pandemic through December 31, 2024. – Rep.
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State Medicaid programs want to keep telehealth expansions, KFF analysis finds
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JANUARY 11, 2023
The Kaiser Family Foundation recently looked at state trends with regard to expanding access to telehealth-based behavioral care during the pandemic and found that states see telemedicine as a key component of maintaining access to behavioral healthcare for Medicaid enrollees. WHY IT MATTERS. " THE LARGER TREND.
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Bipartisan House bill proposes permanent telehealth benefits
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
The Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act would amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income and Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow employers to treat benefits for telehealth services like excepted benefits. In an announcement about the bipartisan bill, Rep.
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2022 Telehealth Growth Predicted to Create a Quarter-Trillion-Dollar Industry by 2031
Telebehavioral Health Institute
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
Across the globe, telehealth growth has been impressive. Driven by the need to reduce contact in the early days of the pandemic, telehealth is now predicted to become a quarter trillion dollar industry. With increased access, convenience, and lower costs, telehealth growth is fueled by telecommunication speed and reliability.
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Use of Preventive Health Services Declined Among Commercially Insured People – With Big Differences in Telehealth for Non-White People, Castlight Finds
Health Populi
JUNE 27, 2022
Castlight published the full research findings in April in the company’s 2022 Workforce Health Index. The full report speaks to medical spending and utilization trends for preventive care, telehealth, and behavioral health. But flat growth is expected for 2022, Castlight forecasts. compared with 941.9
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Australia working towards 'permanent' telehealth
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
DECEMBER 12, 2021
The Australian government has set aside A$106 million ($76 million) over four years to support what it calls "permanent" telehealth, which will ensure flexibility in healthcare delivery and continuous health consultations via phone or online. Around 89,000 providers are now using telehealth services. WHY IT MATTERS.
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Growing Your Telehealth Services? Consider Telehealth Medicare Reimbursement
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. Set to end in January 2023.,
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Telehealth Utilization Rates Increase Again in May
Telebehavioral Health Institute
AUGUST 17, 2022
Judging from the numbers, telehealth is becoming increasingly popular across the country. National telehealth utilization rates among private insurers grew by 10.2% in May, signaling that telehealth utilization is a serious contender for mental health and serious pandemic interventions. in May, up from the 4.9% nationally.
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JAMA Article Shows Telehealth Slowed Opioid Overdoses During Pandemic
Continue Education Journal
AUGUST 31, 2022
WASHINGTON, DC, AUGUST 31, 2022 – The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) and ATA Action issued the following statement in response to today’s publication of a study authored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the National Institute on Drug Abuse. About the ATA.
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Alert: Amazon Care To Close At 2022 Year-End
Telebehavioral Health Institute
SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
According to a statement made on August 25, 2022, the Amazon telehealth service. It also followed a recent report of a rollout of Amazon Care’s partnership with Ginger, a leading telehealth employer. As reported in the One Medical 2022 Q1 results, the company already had 767,000 members at the end of March.
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Most primary care telehealth visits don't require in-person follow-up, Epic study shows
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MARCH 2, 2023
To explore the efficacy of primary care telehealth, a recent Epic Research study examined the frequency of in-person physician visits that followed 18,636,522 primary care telemedicine appointments. "We found that patients covered by Medicaid and Medicare had the highest in-person follow-up rates," they said.
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Long-Term Telehealth Coverage in Question for Physicians and Hospitals
Telebehavioral Health Institute
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
The White House recently announced a two-year extension for telehealth waivers, but higher telehealth coverage for physicians and hospitals is only approved through the end of 2023. Executives invested in technology and infrastructure for telehealth to meet the unprecedented demand for telehealth services.
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2022 Telehealth Growth Predicted to Create a Quarter-Trillion-Dollar Industry by 2031
Telebehavioral Health Institute
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
Across the globe, telehealth growth has been impressive. Driven by the need to reduce contact in the early days of the pandemic, telehealth is now predicted to become a quarter trillion dollar industry. With increased access, convenience, and lower costs, telehealth growth is fueled by telecommunication speed and reliability.
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2022 Telehealth Outlook: A Clear Path Ahead for Virtual Care
MeMD
DECEMBER 7, 2021
Early in the pandemic, telehealth utilization skyrocketed, as virtual care was a safe way to access necessary care. shows that telehealth use has stabilized at levels 38 times higher than before the pandemic. Telehealth Will Enhance Value-Based Care. Fortunately, telehealth has stepped in to fill this gap, too.
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HIMSS promotes key policies on telehealth expansion, maternal health
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
OCTOBER 25, 2022
The first is focused on protecting access to care via the telehealth flexibilities that have enabled broad expansion and uptake of virtual care since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The CONNECT for Health Act is reintroduced, again
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. Allow more eligible healthcare professionals to use telehealth services.
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Controversy: New Mental Health Telehealth Requirement for An “In-Person Visit”
Telebehavioral Health Institute
JANUARY 26, 2023
This week’s installment concerns a recently published blog post about a controversial reimbursement requirement for telemental health telehealth after the end of the public health emergency (PHE). ” See New Medicare Law Requires In-Person Visit for Telehealth Coverage for more information. .”
MedStar Health uses $2M AHRQ research grant to enhance telehealth
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
DECEMBER 27, 2022
COVID-19 transformed the delivery of care, making the use of telehealth tools highly beneficial – and a priority area for research. Healthcare IT News interviewed Booker and Ratwani to learn more about their work and how it can inform leaders following and advancing the future of telehealth. Since health systems across the U.S.
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How CMS is boosting telehealth and RPM with new CPT codes
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
In the latest Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposed for the first time a set of CPT codes for remote therapeutic monitoring. What does RTM mean for the progress of healthcare in the digital space, and the future of telehealth?
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Reimbursement Repercussions for April 2023 End of Public Health Emergency
Telebehavioral Health Institute
JANUARY 17, 2023
While the official end of the public health emergency (PHE) was extended to April 2023 for many federal government programs, two federal actions will further extend the deadline for federal Medicare reimbursement until at least December 31, 2024. Other repercussions of the end of the PHE include the return of HIPAA and licensure enforcement.
Medi-Cal Rates Update 2022: California RPM Reimbursement Guide for Providers
DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring
APRIL 11, 2022
The Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) views telehealth as a cost-effective alternative to in-person health care, particularly in underserved areas. Every year, CMS releases new Medicare Physician Fee Schedule [1] that outlines billable activities as well as reimbursement criteria for the coming year. 2022, [link].
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What's ahead for health IT policy and legislation in 2023
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JANUARY 23, 2023
With Congress providing telehealth waivers as part of its omnibus spending bill at the close of 2022, delaying the "telehealth cliff" for two years, HIMSS says it's now ready to make the case for permanent reimbursement of virtual care.
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White House Ends COVID National & Public Health Emergencies: What Is the Telehealth Future?
Telebehavioral Health Institute
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
The federal end of the PHE also has reimbursement repercussions that have set precedents for the telehealth future. Dauntingly referred to as the “telehealth cliff” for more than a year, the official closing of the COVID PHE signals changes that leave millions of stakeholders with fewer healthcare benefits – or none at all.
Survey Findings: Medicaid Telehealth For Behavioral Health Care
Telebehavioral Health Institute
JANUARY 26, 2023
Medicaid Telehealth has emerged as a crucial component in extending and facilitating access for individuals with behavioral health needs. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of telehealth to deliver healthcare services safely and effectively.
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House extends virtual care flexibilities beyond public health emergency
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MARCH 10, 2022
House of Representatives approved an omnibus spending bill late Wednesday night that extends temporary telehealth flexibilities under Medicare beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. Senate, several COVID-19-era telehealth policies will remain in place for about five months after the public health emergency ends. WHY IT MATTERS.
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Cardio Diagnostics Holdings, Inc. Enters Into a Nationwide Telehealth Agreement with Navierre
Digital Health Global
APRIL 4, 2024
By leveraging the rapidly growing telehealth market, Cardio Diagnostics in partnership with Navierre is poised to revolutionize the patient cardiovascular care journey through earlier detection, accessible specialty care, and personalized prevention. .” According to McKinsey , up to $250 billion of U.S.
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Consumers Continue to Spend on Technology, Seeking “A Happy, Healthy Connected Life”
Health Populi
SEPTEMBER 10, 2023
consumers will keep spending on digital stuff at about the same level as they did in 2022, Deloitte found that households have actually pared down the number of devices they had last year. For the survey, Deloitte polled 2,018 U.S. adults in the second quarter of 2023. While 2 in 3 U.S. Why the “device pruning?”
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Commonwealth Care Alliance shares key lessons from its robust telehealth program
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JULY 17, 2023
CCA specializes in managing complex care for individuals dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid, as well as those who narrowly miss the threshold for Medicaid. From March 2020 to December 2022, CCA conducted a total of 149,723 virtual care visits with 38,082 unique members.
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What is Telehealth Awareness Week?
Telebehavioral Health Institute
OCTOBER 4, 2022
On September 28, 2022, the US Senate unanimously passed the bipartisan resolution recognizing the importance of telehealth and declaring the 18 th to the 24 th of September Telehealth Awareness Week. Telehealth Awareness Week Resolution. This is the second year that Telehealth Awareness Week has received Senate support.
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Three 2023 telemedicine trends that advance the 'new normal' in healthcare
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JANUARY 23, 2023
This past year may very well have been the year the "new normal" was sealed for healthcare – one that includes a lot more telehealth, remote monitoring and other virtual care than ever before. As a result of the pandemic, telehealth went from underused to the preferred way to receive care by many patients seemingly overnight.
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Mastering Remote Patient Monitoring Reimbursement: A Guide to Medicare Billing Success
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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From Evolution to Innovation, from Health Care to Health: How Health Plans With Collaborators Are Re-Defining the Industry
Health Populi
FEBRUARY 4, 2024
Retail health-meets-Medicare. Walmart launched a ten-year collaboration with Optum in late 2022. This work started in 2023 involving Walmart Health clinics serving Medicare members and looking to partner with UnitedHealth plan members and others. Collaboration can help insure as well as assure health.
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These are the compliance issues providers should be preparing for, post-PHE
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JUNE 8, 2022
And, with broad-based support to avoid the "telehealth cliff," healthcare organizations and legislators have been working hard to ensure virtual care flexibilities outlast the PHE. While some changes to the telehealth regulatory framework have already been made permanent (e.g., State government executive orders.
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Telehealth and RPM – 2023 Health IT Predictions
Healthcare IT Today
JANUARY 6, 2023
Check out our community’s telehealth and RPM (Remote Patient Monitoring) predictions. Digitally-enabled care is the future of telehealth – “telehealth” has become industry norm since the start of the pandemic and used as a catchall term for everything from virtual doctor’s appointments to at-home testing kits.
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White House Office on National Drug Policy: Telehealth Prescribing for Substance Use Disorders
Telebehavioral Health Institute
JULY 21, 2022
The White House Office on National Drug Policy (ONDCP) supports permanent telehealth prescribing for people with Substance Use Disorders (SUD), according to the issued guidance “ Telehealth and Substance Use Disorder Services in the Era of Covid-19: Review and Recommendations ” published on June 22, 2022.
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FirstHealth of the Carolinas solves access problem with Virtual Provider program
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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Telemedicine Performance Measures (Telehealth KPIS) Issued by American College of Physicians
Telebehavioral Health Institute
JULY 11, 2023
The ACP recommendations stress the importance of maintaining the quality of performance measures using more precisely defined key performance indicators (KPIS) used to evaluate telehealth care. The ACP paper focuses on telehealth KPIS for the ambulatory care environment, including interactive audio and video telecommunications systems.
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