Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

National Nurses United and the California Nurses Association released a joint statement this past week criticizing Kaiser Permanente's aims to expand advanced hospital services into patients' homes. "Nurses, more than any other healthcare staff, spend the most time with patients," said the unions in the statement.

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FierceHealthIT

JANUARY 28, 2022

Medicare patients win the right to appeal gap in nursing home coverage. Fri, 01/28/2022 - 10:59.

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FierceHealthIT

JULY 31, 2023

In what the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) today described as a “parity adjustment recalibration,” the agency said it will

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Digital Health Wire

MARCH 15, 2023

It’s a tough week to be working PR at Medicare Advantage plans after STAT put out an in-depth investigation revealing that payors are using “unregulated predictive algorithms under the guise of scientific rigor” to cut off care for seniors. The post Medicare Advantage Plans Using AI to Deny Care appeared first on Digital Health Wire.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JANUARY 17, 2019

The Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM) is more than just a new name attached to Medicare payment reform. The shift from Resource Utilization Group (RUG) IV to PDPM moves the skilled nursing reimbursement model away from therapy provision as its main driver. Instead, payment will be determined […].

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 12, 2020

introduced new legislation this week that would provide for permanent Medicare payments for telehealth services at federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics. Butterfield, D-North Carolina, and Glenn Thompson, R-Pa., " WHY IT MATTERS.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 5, 2020

Nursing homes – consternation, condemnation are words that rule the day. It must be tough to be focal points for nursing home policy these days. Even as a task force is being set up to focus on nursing homes, on the one hand, that seems positive. It used to be that CNA (certified nursing assistant) pay at an average of $12.52/hour

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Mobi Health News

AUGUST 12, 2020

A recent review of Medicare claims suggests a machine learning algorithm could flag individuals at higher risk of infection, or help prevent outbreaks within skilled nursing facilities.

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FierceHealthIT

APRIL 8, 2019

The owner of several South Florida skilled nursing and assisted living facilities has been found guilty for his role in a $1.3 billion scheme to defraud Medicare and Medicaid—one of the largest in U.S. history.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Medicare program, the federally administered health insurance program catering to individuals 65 and above, not only recognizes this holistic approach but extends its coverage to encompass mental health services alongside the modern innovation of remote patient monitoring (RPM).

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FierceHealthIT

JUNE 5, 2019

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced a plan to release the names of the 400 lowest-performing nursing homes.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 30, 2019

The skilled nursing sector has undergone a major transition over the past ten years. Because of shifting demographics and the challenges they place on hospitals, skilled nursing facilities are receiving patients who are struggling with more significant health concerns than in the past. THE PROBLEM. "It’s a win-win.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 17, 2024

The latest State of US Nursing Report from Incredible Health found 89% of nurses haven’t used AI in their roles and nearly two-thirds (65%) think AI will negatively impact the industry. Care coordination company Quantum Health launched a navigation service to support Medicare Advantage plans.

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Electronic Health Reporter

APRIL 2, 2019

1, 2019, the Centers for Medicare […]. The article AHIMA and AHCA Partner To Train Skilled Nursing Facilities In Coding Ahead of Upcoming Reimbursement Overhaul appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com. This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Beginning Oct.

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FierceHealthIT

APRIL 16, 2019

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is undertaking a comprehensive review of its regulations and processes when it comes to ensuring safety and quality in nursing homes, CMS Administrator Seema Verma announced Monday.

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FierceHealthIT

JUNE 12, 2019

HHS recently released two documents that address the lack of reporting when it comes to incidents of abuse and neglect of Medicare beneficiaries in skilled nursing facilities (SNF).

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 5, 2020

Nursing homes – consternation, condemnation are words that rule the day. It must be tough to be focal points for nursing home policy these days. Even as a task force is being set up to focus on nursing homes, on the one hand, that seems positive. It used to be that CNA (certified nursing assistant) pay at an average of $12.52/hour

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 10, 2020

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has temporarily suspended several regulations to enable hospitals, clinics and other providers to boost their front-line medical staff during the coronavirus pandemic. "It’s all hands on deck during this crisis," said CMS Administrator Seema Verma in a statement.

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GlobalMed

DECEMBER 11, 2019

The answer is enter a nursing home. Or be “stuck” as many people put it – as in the phrase, “I don’t want to be stuck in a nursing home.” Right now, about 25 percent of older adults will enter a nursing home at some point. Only 30 percent of nursing home residents ever return home. Do you know what it is?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 3, 2024

Physicians and nurses were only able to provide ICU care on a part-time basis. Access TeleCare's providers also work closely with Rush Memorial nursing staff on education and training on how to operate the ICU and always are there to answer questions and provide guidance. The hospital uses Cerner for its electronic health record.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JULY 31, 2019

The article How Skilled Nursing Facilities Need To Prepare For Value-Based Care appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com. Over the next decade one in five US residents will be over the age of 65, over 70 percent of whom will require some form of Long-Term Services and Support (LTSS) as they continue to age.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 4, 2023

For example, asking ChatGPT “ how is a nursing home paid for ”, the answer was detailed and accurate about the six ways to pay for the care (see below). The nursing home payment options answer from ChatGPT. Long-term care insurance: If you have long-term care insurance, it may cover some or all of the costs of a nursing home.

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FierceHealthIT

JANUARY 9, 2019

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is making it easier for accountable care organizations that accept downside risk to obtain waivers for a rule that requires a three-day inpatient stay before a referral to a nursing home.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 19, 2024

Healthcare IT Today caught up with Bobbi Weber, VP of Product Marketing & Customer Success at QliqSOFT , a company that provides HIPAA-compliant, real-time communication between doctors, nurses, caregivers and patients. We wanted to find out more about how the company is helping healthcare organization collect SDOH information.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

August, so warm, so replete with nursing home doomsayers and endless scam calls. It's news -- 600 nursing homes closed so what’s the strategy to fix? So many factors crushed nursing homes -- Covid and Private Equity nursing home ownership were big players, followed by government strategy to undermine them.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 23, 2022

Netsmart announced today it has acquired CORE Analytics , the industry-leading skilled nursing facility (SNF) claims data analytics offering from Zimmet Healthcare. This commonality of values will further scale the Netsmart data suite to better support and help skilled nursing facilities thrive with transforming payment models.

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South Central Telehealth Resource Center

MAY 24, 2018

Also, all telehealth services must meet the Medicare established set of criteria for reimbursement. Medicare defines a distant site as, “the site where the physician or practitioner, providing the professional service, is located at the time the service is provided via a telecommunications system.”. Do you need technical assistance?

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CMS.gov

APRIL 15, 2019

Ensuring Safety and Quality in America’s Nursing Homes. Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Nursing facilities. This duty is especially important when it comes to the care provided for some of the most vulnerable in our society, Americans residing in nursing homes. Jeremy.Booth@c…. Seema Verma.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Retail health-meets-Medicare. This work started in 2023 involving Walmart Health clinics serving Medicare members and looking to partner with UnitedHealth plan members and others. Of particular note is the organization’s “promise of health assurance – care that is more proactive, accessible, and affordable to people everywhere.”

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Insulin Nation

MAY 10, 2016

Medicare doesn’t typically provide coverage for continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), as insurors who oversee Medicare coverage have long argued that CGMs are a “precautionary” device rather than a “medically necessary” one. Now, that argument’s premise is facing serious questions in federal court and in the Medicare appeals process.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 18, 2020

On Tuesday, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services expanded its Medicare telehealth coverage during the COVID-19 pandemic to enable more patients to get virtual care services from their providers. ON THE RECORD.

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American Well

JUNE 25, 2017

the Helping Expand Access to Rural Telehealth (HEART) Act targets the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) strict limitations on RPM reimbursements in rural areas. Of the 107,000 telemedicine visits for Medicare beneficiaries recorded in 2013, approximately 40,000 of them served rural areas. Sean Duffy (R-Wis.)

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American Well

JUNE 25, 2017

the Helping Expand Access to Rural Telehealth (HEART) Act targets the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) strict limitations on RPM reimbursements in rural areas. Of the 107,000 telemedicine visits for Medicare beneficiaries recorded in 2013, approximately 40,000 of them served rural areas. Sean Duffy (R-Wis.)

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 5, 2022

Some changes to the Medicare Benefits Schedule for telehealth items in Australia – including the termination of 128 items, amendment of 17 items, and the addition of two more items – have taken effect this week. WHAT IT'S ABOUT. The changes come following the recommendations by the MBS Review Taskforce. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

AUGUST 4, 2022

It extends critical Medicare telehealth policies and is implemented during the pandemic through December 31, 2024. It is particularly favorable to practitioners offering telebehavioral health to Medicare beneficiaries. Telebehavioral Health Background: Medicare Telehealth Policies and Reimbursement. – Rep.

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Health Populi

APRIL 8, 2019

That retirement cost gap is the sticker-shock assumption that Medicare is going to cover all health care expenses in retirement. The $285K also assumes the couple doesn’t have employer-sponsored retiree health care coverage and qualifies for “Original Medicare” (not Medicare Advantage, for example).

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Morning eHealth

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Modest Medicare telemedicine increase — Yelp 'beats' CMS at nursing home rating

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