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Five Aging and Health Technology Blog Posts from September 2020

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Here are five other posts: Will telehealth help the oldest adults during Covid-19? What happens when people avoid health-related in-person care? Family concerns about health and Covid-19 also continue to delay or prevent some move-ins to senior living communities. But is telehealth viable for the oldest?

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Four Aging and Health Technology Blog Posts from July 2020

Aging in Place Technology Watch

And it became increasingly likely that CMS would make telehealth access for older adults permanent. During the pandemic, telehealth use grew sharply in the care of older adults, enabled by CMS reimbursement changes that likely will be permanent. Half of those aged 75+ and one-third of the 65+ have hearing loss.

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Six Covid-19 Aging and Health Technology blog posts from May 2020

Aging in Place Technology Watch

We wait and watch to see what will be different, especially for older adults and their access to technology, moving forward. Here are six blog posts from a May unlike any previous: Could technology improve nursing homes? Nursing homes – consternation, condemnation are words that rule the day.

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Aging and Health Technology Blog Posts from September 2020

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Finally, a new report details the access limitations and disparate costs for high speed Internet across the US. Here are five other posts: Will telehealth help the oldest adults during Covid-19? What happens when people avoid health-related in-person care? But is telehealth viable for the oldest?

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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.

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2024 Brings New Medicare Billing Opportunities for FQHCs and RHCs with RPM and RTM Services

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

Beginning January 1, 2024, a significant change in Medicare billing practices greatly impacted Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and Rural Health Clinics (RHCs). For the first time, these centers can bill Medicare separately for Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) and Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM) services.

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Dispatches from the Frontlines: Connected Health and COVID-19

Connected Health Initiative

In just a few short months, we made more progress in opening up Medicare and Medicaid to telehealth visits, remote patient monitoring (RPM) tools, and other connected health solutions than in the previous decade. CHI tracked the many policy changes affecting connected health technology since the start of the pandemic.