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

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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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Swift Medical’s Growth Continues with Appointment of Drew Narayan as SVP of Sales and Marketing

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the global leader in AI-powered perinatal care solutions and doubled the company’s sales to nearly $15M in four years. Prior to that, he led multi-million-dollar advertising strategies for Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina, including their go-to-market strategy of Medicare Part D plans. “I

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Swift Medical Expands Leadership Team with Appointment of New CCO and CIO

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Together, we can continue to revolutionize wound care for the millions of patients and providers in need.” Chronic wounds are the leading risk factor for hospitalizations, with almost 20% of the Medicare population experiencing a chronic wound at any given time. Conservative estimates for the yearly cost of wound care in the U.S.

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AMA offers new tools to help doctors navigate COVID-19

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Its financial checklist offers physicians and administrators 14 tips to help business during the public health emergency, such as consolidating administrative resources like coding tools and making better use of digital health technologies. THE LARGER TREND.

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The benefits and future of remote patient monitoring

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The pandemic exposed the need for the rapid adoption of increasingly innovative digital health technologies. RPM is an effective way to ensure all patients are able to receive the quality, continuous care their condition requires. Then COVID-19 hit. What is the problem?

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Report: RPM ‘Growing in Popularity’ for Chronic Disease Management

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An influential political advocacy and trade group, AHIP’s support for telehealth and RPM is a significant indicator of the healthcare industry’s rapidly expanding acceptance of remote care in recent years. A health plan that found that RPM program participants had a 40% reduction in hospital readmissions among senior citizens.

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Mississippi Telehealth Network Could Be FCC’s Model for RPM Expansion

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Back in 2014 , the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) collaborated with a network of local and national health technology leaders to build the Mississippi Diabetes Telehealth Network, an effort to extend quality care into rural and underserved regions with high rates of chronic illness.