Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Data released this past week from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services show that more than 34.5 million services were delivered via telehealth in Medicare and in the Children's Health Insurance Program from March through June. THE LARGER TREND. " Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.

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JANUARY 11, 2023

The Kaiser Family Foundation recently looked at state trends with regard to expanding access to telehealth-based behavioral care during the pandemic and found that states see telemedicine as a key component of maintaining access to behavioral healthcare for Medicaid enrollees. " THE LARGER TREND. WHY IT MATTERS.

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APRIL 3, 2024

THE LARGER TREND While the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently called its Acute Hospital Care at Home initiative successful in reducing hospital visits, it is likely unsustainable due to the costs and resources needed. Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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APRIL 21, 2022

Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York announced Thursday that an orthopedic surgeon had been arrested and charged with healthcare fraud. Raffai, together with others, is allegedly connected to the submission of approximately $10 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare. THE LARGER TREND. Twitter: @kjercich.

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MARCH 12, 2020

Adrian Smith, R-Nebraska, and Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire – would allow Medicare to enter into voluntary, value-based arrangements with medical groups to provide acute care to patients in skilled nursing facilities using a combination of telehealth and on-site staff. THE LARGER TREND. THE LARGER TREND.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

An excepted benefit allows employers to finance additional medical care, like vision or dental coverage, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services FAQs for insurance agents and brokers, requiring Congress to amend previous public health and funding laws. Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

The initiative, a coalition of industry stakeholders including providers, payers and vendors, applauded efforts to make permanent changes to Medicare's statutory restrictions on telehealth coverage in its letter. THE LARGER TREND. Department of Health and Human Services to expand telehealth in Medicare. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 7, 2021

We owe it to our patients to make health care access easier, and patients with Medicare should not be excluded from this opportunity," said Dr. Brian Hasselfeld, medical director of digital health and telemedicine at Johns Hopkins Medicine, in a statement. THE LARGER TREND. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.

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MARCH 2, 2023

"We found that patients covered by Medicaid and Medicare had the highest in-person follow-up rates," they said. THE LARGER TREND Epic's previous study of 35 million specialty telehealth visits also found that most patients did not require in-person visits within 90 days of their online appointments. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 25, 2021

According to a press statement from Thompson's office, it would: Eliminate most geographic and originating site restrictions on the use of telehealth in Medicare and establishing the patient’s home as an eligible distant site. " THE LARGER TREND. " Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.

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MARCH 10, 2022

House of Representatives approved an omnibus spending bill late Wednesday night that extends temporary telehealth flexibilities under Medicare beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. THE LARGER TREND. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. The mammoth $1.5 and Anna G.

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JANUARY 31, 2022

senators and representatives urged congressional leadership to safeguard Medicare telehealth services this past Friday. So in the interim, a short-term extension of the kind letter signers are requesting would provide what they called "much-needed certainty" to healthcare providers and patients. THE LARGER TREND.

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JUNE 16, 2021

would remove the statutory requirement that Medicare beneficiaries be seen in person within six months of receiving mental health services through telehealth. "Medicare patients deserve direct access to telemental health services, and this bill removes barriers, to make this possible," he said. THE LARGER TREND.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 29, 2022

"This trend was observed especially for acute respiratory-related conditions, which potentially could be confounded by concerns over COVID-19 rather than the less complicated acute non-COVID-19 diagnosis," wrote researchers. THE LARGER TREND. Many previous large studies of telehealth use have relied on Medicare data.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

"We have seen all too often criminals who engage in health care fraud – stealing from taxpayers while jeopardizing the health of Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries," said Deputy Inspector General for Investigations Gary L. THE LARGER TREND. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. More than $1.1

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JUNE 30, 2020

Three hundred and forty healthcare organizations published an open letter Monday asking Senate and House leaders to permanently enshrine changes to policies that would make telehealth accessible in the long term. THE LARGER TREND. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Senate HELP Committee Chair Sen.

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MARCH 4, 2021

Encourage greater flexibility for home-based care services to meet commercial and Medicare Advantage network adequacy standards. THE LARGER TREND. Many healthcare leaders have seen the trend moving in this direction for some time. Healthcare IT News is a publication of HIMSS Media. But other than that?

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 17, 2024

Additionally, going into 2024 operational excellence is the table stakes for healthcare organizations to improve bottom lines, and where AI and automation can provide a boost in productivity and costs. Those are the high-level findings of MDaudit’s 2023 Benchmark Report on the trends, challenges, and opportunities encountered by U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 25, 2021

Researchers limited the study population to individuals covered through employer-based, Affordable Care Act and other private health insurance plans, but not Medicare or Medicaid – an important limitation, given emerging evidence about virtual care's role in exacerbating the digital divide. THE LARGER TREND.

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DECEMBER 13, 2021

The bill, the Telehealth Extension Act , would also end geographic and site restrictions on approved telemedicine services for Medicare beneficiaries. Despite being broadly popular on both sides of the aisle , the geographic- and site-related Medicare provisions the new bill would establish have yet to be enshrined by Congress.

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MARCH 1, 2021

"We must protect the taxpayer from healthcare fraud while ensuring Medicare beneficiaries maintain access to high-quality virtual care," said American Telemedicine Association CEO Ann Mond Johnson. THE LARGER TREND. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. In that case, the U.S. Twitter: @kjercich.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to extend administrative flexibility around greater portability of licensure for telehealth service providers. THE LARGER TREND. Many legislators, for instance, have advocated for the removal of originating and geographic site restrictions on the use of telehealth in Medicare.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Among the allegations are that Wolfe and her conspirators submitted well over $400 million in illegal durable medical equipment claims to Medicare and the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans, relying on the guise of "telemedicine" to explain the unusually high volume of claims. THE LARGER TREND.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 13, 2022

As outlined in court documents , marketers identified Medicare and TRICARE beneficiaries to target for expensive medications – such as pain creams, scar creams, eczema creams and migraine medication – and durable medical equipment, including wrist, shoulder, knee and ankle braces. THE LARGER TREND. " WHY IT MATTERS.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

THE LARGER TREND. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has indicated that providing RPM services for acute and chronic conditions is here to stay, and not a temporary measure tied to the public health emergency. " Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS publication.

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Lloyd Price

JULY 21, 2023

Healthcare IT companies: 3.5x. Factors influencing the average revenue multiple for HealthTech companies today are: The growth of the healthcare market. The adoption of digital health solutions by healthcare providers. The average revenue multiples for different types of HealthTech companies in 2023 are: Telehealth companies: 5.5x

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 2, 2020

Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma to provide a written plan for permanent changes to Medicare, Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program rules around telehealth. THE LARGER TREND. Twitter: @kjercich.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 8, 2021

THE LARGER TREND. "If Congress does not act before the public health emergency ends, regulatory flexibilities that now ensure all Medicare beneficiaries maintain access to telehealth will go away," said Kyle Zebley, director of public policy at the ATA. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. ON THE RECORD.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 27, 2021

Leading healthcare industry stakeholders on Monday implored top leaders in the House and Senate to help ensure, among other imperatives, that "Medicare beneficiaries [don't] abruptly lose access to nearly all recently expanded coverage of telehealth." " WHY IT MATTERS.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 18, 2020

While specifying that is "has not reviewed the BAAs offered by these vendors, and this list does not constitute an endorsement, certification, or recommendation," the agency lists companies that claim HIPAA compliance and willingness to sign BAAs including Skype for Business, Updox, VSe, Zoom for Healthcare, Doxy.me

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Despite HHS instituting waivers making tele-ICU services payable under Medicare, RICU says it has been unable to expand its services to more hospitals – because the agency disallows payment for critical-care telemedicine if the physician is located outside the United States. THE LARGER TREND. Twitter: @kjercich.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Reforming Medicare payment. AMA plans to address the "dysfunction in healthcare" by working to remove obstacles and burdens that interfere with patient care, he said. THE LARGER TREND. " Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS publication. ON THE RECORD.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Department of Justice announced this week that a Florida laboratory owner had pleaded guilty for his role in a $73 million Medicare kickback scheme. Although these changes were intended to safeguard access to care for Medicare beneficiaries, DOJ says some fraudsters have used them for their own benefit. THE LARGER TREND.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 22, 2022

Meanwhile, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' Center for Program Integrity also announced that it has taken administrative actions against more than 50 healthcare providers alleged to be involved in similar schemes. " THE LARGER TREND. healthcare system at the expense of patients."

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MARCH 25, 2024

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services just released data on its Acute Hospital Care at Home initiative , which thus far has admitted 11,159 patients suffering from respiratory infections, heart failure and severe sepsis. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 26, 2022

The bill as currently drafted also offers expanded eligible practitioners; telehealth coverage and reimbursement for FQHCs and RHCs; a delay of the in-person telemental health requirement; provisions for audio-only telehealth; and use of telehealth to satisfy Medicare face-to-face telehealth requirements for hospice care.

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JULY 16, 2020

House of Representatives on Thursday aims to ensure telehealth is able to continue to build on its potential in the years ahead, by making permanent some policies enacted during the pandemic and protecting Medicare beneficiaries' ability to engage in virtual care. THE LARGER TREND. WHY IT MATTERS. ON THE RECORD.

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