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Billing Medicare and Private Payers for Telehealth Visits: What to Expect Post-Public Health Emergency

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Prepare Now for Anticipated Changes to Medicare and Private Payer Rules. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is expected to issue new rules for telehealth in the release 2021 Physician Fee Schedule later this year. Today, Medicare reimburses for specific services when delivered via live video.

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Three 2023 telemedicine trends that advance the 'new normal' in healthcare

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

government passed the Advancing Telehealth Beyond COVID-19 Act of 2022, which allows Medicare patients access to telehealth services, including audio-only services, through 2024. But telehealth is the tip of the iceberg when it comes to healthcare's digital transformation. For example, the U.S. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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Orlando Health to launch Hospital Care at Home program

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Orlando Health's program is the first in Central Florida to be approved by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and represents an expansion of a federal enhanced care model created during the pandemic to extend the scop of hospital resources. Healthcare IT News is a publication of HIMSS Media. ON THE RECORD.

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Allina Health spinoff to help health systems build hospital-at-home programs

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Here are some tips to set programs up for success. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS publication. Ascension, Intermountain and others are also working together to advance more innovative policies in the space. Smaller hospitals and health networks should be starting now to prepare for hospital-at-home models. ON THE RECORD.

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AMA offers new tools to help doctors navigate COVID-19

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

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. Healthcare IT News is a publication of HIMSS Media. THE LARGER TREND.

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FCC and other awards helped enable permanent telehealth policy changes in Virginia

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

It scaled training through its CE-accredited portal Telehealth Village, though webinars with providers, tip sheets and training videos, and hosted Project ECHO programs across multiple disciplines with community partners. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. MARKETPLACE. Click here to read the special report.

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Five Ways a Good Digital Health Registry Addresses Healthcare System Needs

The Digital Health Corner

The Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) has been used since 2015 as a metric to determine negative Medicare payment adjustments to providers who do not meet quality standards. This might tip the benefit-cost ratio for payers to support a drug or other treatment’s cost. Provide real-world data for regulators.