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Telehealth Reimbursement: End-of-Pandemic Emergency Update

Telebehavioral Health Institute

MARCH 9, 2023

They can receive care from their homes rather than traveling to a health care facility. After December 31, 2024, when these flexibilities expire, some Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) may offer telehealth services that allow primary care doctors to care for patients without an in-person visit, no matter where they live.

Telehealth

Telehealth Medicare Remote care Public Health

Telehealth and the CHRONIC Act of 2017 (S. 870)

South Central Telehealth Resource Center

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Currently, the Medicare program restricts telehealth payments by type of service provided, the geographic location where a service is delivered, the type of institution that delivers the service, and the type of health care provider. Fact Sheet (Center for Connected Health Policy). If the act passes the U.S.

Telehealth

Telehealth Medicare Accountable Care Telemedicine

ACO Lessons Learned: Revisiting the Timing of Downside Risk

E-CareManagement

DECEMBER 1, 2014

The editor and publisher of Accountable Care News have been generous in allowing me to republish my article from the November 2014 issue. Click here to download a.pdf copy of the article. It’s in-depth — about 2,000 words.

Accountable Care

Accountable Care Medicare Health Policy

Lose the COVID-19 public health emergency, but keep the progress

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Accountable Care Compliance & Legal Government & Policy Telehealth Workforce Healthcare organizations must urge the Senate to pass critical telehealth legislation, and enact at least a two-year extension of the important PHE-era policies while working toward a permanent solution. Why this is so important.

Public Health

Public Health Telehealth Connected Health Medicare

Lose the COVID-19 public health emergency, but keep the progress, says HIMSS GR director

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Accountable Care Compliance & Legal Government & Policy Telehealth Workforce Healthcare organizations must urge the Senate to pass critical telehealth legislation, and enact at least a two-year extension of the important PHE-era policies while working toward a permanent solution. Why this is so important.

Public Health

Public Health Telehealth Connected Health Medicare

5 payer trends to watch in 2018

Henry Kotula

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

There are 50/50 joint ventures with co-branding, and less intensive partnerships like pay for performance, accountable care organizations, patient-centered medical homes and bundled payments. Payer-provider partnerships vary in type, size, location and model.

Medicare

Medicare Accountable Care Telemedicine Patient Experience

ThoughtLeaders: Prognosis for Medicare and Commercial ACOs

E-CareManagement

NOVEMBER 2, 2014

Certainly, if we dial back the rhetoric and the expectations for immediate system -wide transformation, we can expect accountable care organizations to make a contribution to incentivizing more efficient care. Mark Lutes Chair, Board of Directors, Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.

Medicare

Medicare Accountable Care Health Policy

Will Vertical Integration Kill the Primary Care Practice?

Health Blawg

APRIL 8, 2018

Not long after the passage of the ACA, before it was clear how the ACO provisions of the law would be implemented — and whether they would ultimately deliver on the promise of lower cost and higher quality ( it’s not at all clear that they have done so in a meaningful way ) — and before value-based payment had the lock on the popular (..)

Primary Care

Primary Care Pharmaceuticals Accountable Care Health Policy

Will Vertical Integration Kill the Primary Care Practice?

Health Blawg

APRIL 8, 2018

Not long after the passage of the ACA, before it was clear how the ACO provisions of the law would be implemented — and whether they would ultimately deliver on the promise of lower cost and higher quality ( it’s not at all clear that they have done so in a meaningful way ) — and before value-based payment had the lock on the popular (..)

Primary Care

Primary Care Pharmaceuticals Accountable Care Health Policy

Will Vertical Integration Kill the Primary Care Practice?

Health Blawg

APRIL 8, 2018

Not long after the passage of the ACA, before it was clear how the ACO provisions of the law would be implemented — and whether they would ultimately deliver on the promise of lower cost and higher quality ( it’s not at all clear that they have done so in a meaningful way ) — and before value-based payment had the lock on the popular (..)

Primary Care

Primary Care Pharmaceuticals Accountable Care Health Policy

Will Vertical Integration Kill the Primary Care Practice?

Health Blawg

APRIL 8, 2018

Not long after the passage of the ACA, before it was clear how the ACO provisions of the law would be implemented — and whether they would ultimately deliver on the promise of lower cost and higher quality ( it’s not at all clear that they have done so in a meaningful way ) — and before value-based payment had the lock on the popular (..)

Primary Care

Primary Care Pharmaceuticals Accountable Care Health Policy

Will Vertical Integration Kill the Primary Care Practice?

Health Blawg

APRIL 8, 2018

Not long after the passage of the ACA, before it was clear how the ACO provisions of the law would be implemented — and whether they would ultimately deliver on the promise of lower cost and higher quality ( it’s not at all clear that they have done so in a meaningful way ) — and before value-based payment had the lock on the popular (..)

Primary Care

Primary Care Pharmaceuticals Accountable Care Health Policy

Will Vertical Integration Kill the Primary Care Practice?

Health Blawg

APRIL 8, 2018

Not long after the passage of the ACA, before it was clear how the ACO provisions of the law would be implemented — and whether they would ultimately deliver on the promise of lower cost and higher quality ( it’s not at all clear that they have done so in a meaningful way ) — and before value-based payment had the lock on the popular (..)

Primary Care

Primary Care Pharmaceuticals Accountable Care Health Policy

Will Vertical Integration Kill the Primary Care Practice?

Health Blawg

APRIL 8, 2018

Not long after the passage of the ACA, before it was clear how the ACO provisions of the law would be implemented — and whether they would ultimately deliver on the promise of lower cost and higher quality ( it’s not at all clear that they have done so in a meaningful way ) — and before value-based payment had the lock on the popular (..)

Primary Care

Primary Care Pharmaceuticals Accountable Care Health Policy

CMS rolls back more Medicare, telehealth regs for providers working through pandemic

Henry Kotula

MAY 1, 2020

Accountable care organizations also scored a major win in the Thursday rule drop, with CMS pledging they wouldn’t be dinged financially for lower-than-expected health outcomes in their patient populations from COVID-19.?.

Medicare

Medicare Telehealth Nursing Accountable Care

Connected Health Pulse

Telehealth Reimbursement: End-of-Pandemic Emergency Update

Telehealth and the CHRONIC Act of 2017 (S. 870)

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ACO Lessons Learned: Revisiting the Timing of Downside Risk

Lose the COVID-19 public health emergency, but keep the progress

Lose the COVID-19 public health emergency, but keep the progress, says HIMSS GR director

5 payer trends to watch in 2018

ThoughtLeaders: Prognosis for Medicare and Commercial ACOs

Will Vertical Integration Kill the Primary Care Practice?

Will Vertical Integration Kill the Primary Care Practice?

Will Vertical Integration Kill the Primary Care Practice?

Will Vertical Integration Kill the Primary Care Practice?

Will Vertical Integration Kill the Primary Care Practice?

Will Vertical Integration Kill the Primary Care Practice?

Will Vertical Integration Kill the Primary Care Practice?

CMS rolls back more Medicare, telehealth regs for providers working through pandemic

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