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Dispatches from the Frontlines: Connected Health and COVID-19

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The Connected Health Initiative (CHI) and our members worked tirelessly with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Congress, and state officials to expand access to connected health solutions during COVID-19 pandemic. billion in 2018.

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What are the CPT Codes for Remote Patient Monitoring?

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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) made significant changes to its CPT codes to incentivize more providers and clinics to deploy remote patient monitoring (RPM). For an RPM program, this refers to billing clients for remotely monitoring their health while providing healthcare. Check with your payers.

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How Remote Patient Monitoring Transforms Healthcare

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2021 marks a year of change as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced its final rule on the new reimbursement codes for RPM, which may be considered the most significant product of health care reform in many years. How is RPM during COVID-19 and beyond?

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Introducing Healthcare Cybersecurity Solutions: The Safest Way To Protect Your Patients

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), which is a federal agency that sets standards for healthcare organizations that participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs and includes requirements for cybersecurity. DrKumo’s Remote Patient Monitoring with Robust Cybersecurity Healthcare Solutions.

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The Chronic Care Model and its Key Elements

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By coordinating care for patients with multiple chronic conditions, providers can help improve patient outcomes and reduce health disparities. Fortunately, it has become easier in recent years, with Medicare now offering reimbursements for CCM services. We will talk about the CPT codes in the next sections. Nurse Practitioners (NPs).

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CMS Proposes Major Expansion of Reimbursement for Telehealth Services

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Reimbursement for telehealth services by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has long been a point of contention. Medicare “remains one of the most restrictive payors” for telehealth , with reimbursement rules that Marki Stewart at the Dickinson Wright Health Law Blog calls “exceptionally limiting.”