Telebehavioral Health Institute

JULY 11, 2023

As the end of the PHE is less than six weeks away, Telehealth.org consulting clients and webinar participants have repeatedly asked several questions. If I practice telehealth across state lines, will my Medicare clients be required to travel to see me if I seek reimbursement for my services? Read below to get the details.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

MARCH 29, 2023

As the end of the PHE is less than six weeks away, Telehealth.org consulting clients and webinar participants have repeatedly asked several questions. If I practice telehealth across state lines, will my Medicare clients be required to travel to see me if I seek reimbursement for my services? Read below to get the details.

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HIStalk Weekender

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Reminds me of medical care in a third world hospital where family provides food, bedding and nursing. CMS mistakenly sends Medicare termination letters to 38,000 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota beneficiaries, blaming the mix up on bad data from the health plan. Deliver an educational webinar (providers). Get Involved.

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HIStalk Weekender

OCTOBER 19, 2018

We have a healthcare industry, not a system (unless you’re talking about Medicare or the VA), with competing entities looking for market share. Contribute regularly as a provider CIO, IT director, or informatics nurse (anonymous or not). Deliver an educational webinar (providers). Brian Too ). Get Involved. Connect on LinkedIn.

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Clear Arch Health

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Over recent years, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have created and amended codes allowing for remote patient monitoring (RPM) reimbursement. The CPT codes apply to both standard Medicare Part B and Medicare Advantage programs. Check out these white papers and webinars. up to $77.19 , each 30 days.

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HIStalk Weekender

OCTOBER 26, 2018

For people over 65 on Medicare, we’re Canada. Contribute regularly as a provider CIO, IT director, or informatics nurse (anonymous or not). Deliver an educational webinar (providers). For those who receive health insurance through their employer, we’re Germany or France. Get Involved. Be interviewed (providers).

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HIStalk Weekender

APRIL 26, 2019

HHS announces CMS Primary Cares, two value-based care payment models launching in 2020 that it says will cover at least 25% of Medicare beneficiaries and providers. Contribute regularly as a provider CIO, IT director, or informatics nurse (anonymous or not). Deliver an educational webinar (providers). Best Reader Comments.

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HIStalk Weekender

MAY 18, 2018

My first inclination is to at least publish the Medicare price. The photo above is of his patients’ medical records that were stored in “an unsecured and dilapidated barn” where he tried to hide them from Medicare. Contribute regularly as a provider CIO, IT director, or informatics nurse (anonymous or not). Get Involved.

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HIStalk Weekender

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Contribute regularly as a provider CIO, IT director, or informatics nurse (anonymous or not). Deliver an educational webinar (providers). Get Involved. Join my Rolodex to provide occasional news reaction or ideas. Be interviewed (providers). Report a news item or rumor (anonymous or not). Sign up for email updates. Connect on LinkedIn.

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HIStalk Weekender

JUNE 7, 2019

Husel, DO argues that he was practicing “comfort care” for end-of-life patients by ordering fentanyl doses of 500 to 2,000 mcg and several grams of midazolam, all of which were dutifully removed by nurse via overrides from the hospital’s Pyxis dispensing cabinet. Deliver an educational webinar (providers). Get Involved.

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HIStalk Weekender

JUNE 29, 2018

A JAMA-published study finds that Medicare-insured seniors were in 2015 less likely to die in hospitals instead of their homes compared to 2000. Contribute regularly as a provider CIO, IT director, or informatics nurse (anonymous or not). Deliver an educational webinar (providers). Get Involved. Be interviewed (providers).

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HIStalk Weekender

AUGUST 10, 2018

CMS releases a draft rule that would overhaul the Medicare Share Savings Program. Theresa Brown, RN, PhD notes that doctors generally ignore those feelings as documented in the EHR’s nurse notes. Now in a sense, that’s what a doctor or nurse does when they go in. It’s something that’s taught at nursing school.

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American Well

JULY 13, 2020

An effective assisted enrollment campaign, employee-facing webinars, a strong LHO presence at “Be Well, Work Well” live and virtual events, and biannual registration email campaigns all contributed to this registration success. The company had nearly 47,000 telehealth registrations by end of May 2020.

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HIStalk Weekender

JULY 13, 2018

Medicare (which also sets the rules for most commercial payers) has a very limit set of originating sites (locations where the patient can be during the visit). Contribute regularly as a provider CIO, IT director, or informatics nurse (anonymous or not). Deliver an educational webinar (providers). Best Reader Comments.

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HIStalk Weekender

AUGUST 24, 2018

Payments models are complex and in flux; Medicare and Medicaid future uncertain, human factors play a huge role in these processes. I wonder if all this has contained the rate of Medicare spending? Contribute regularly as a provider CIO, IT director, or informatics nurse (anonymous or not). ROI is challenging. ( Ann Farrell ).

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 14, 2020

During a Thursday webinar hosted by the Bipartisan Policy Center and moderated by former Sen. A report published by the Bipartisan Policy Center in advance of the webinar noted that the steps taken to make services more accessible amid the coronavirus pandemic could be made permanent in order to improve rural healthcare access.

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Henry Kotula

JULY 15, 2018

Advocate Health Care, one of Chicagoland’s largest employers, has more than 35,000 associates, including 11,000 nurses and nearly 6,300 affiliated physicians. The health system provides employees opportunities to take part in global mission trips, and its wellness program offers incentives for maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

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HIStalk Weekender

JUNE 8, 2018

Medicare trustees, most of whom are Republican government officials, say the White House’s elimination of the individual mandate and the Independent Payment Advisory Board as well as its tax cuts will cause its hospital insurance trust fund to be depleted in 2026. Deliver an educational webinar (providers). Get Involved.

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HIStalk Weekender

MARCH 8, 2019

The original Obamacare bill had a subscription-based expansion of Medicare, i.e. a 25-year-old could pay premiums directly to Medicare for enrollment. Medicare would effectively be setting the floor for premium costs, and commercials would have to come down and offer better services to compete. Get Involved. Connect on LinkedIn.

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HIStalk Weekender

JANUARY 25, 2019

Researchers note that Medicare patient readmissions within 30 days dropped sharply after CMS started penalizing hospitals financially, but the death rate appears to have increased during the same period. Recent Medicare Recipient ). Contribute regularly as a provider CIO, IT director, or informatics nurse (anonymous or not).

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HIStalk Weekender

MAY 25, 2018

A small group of nurses at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital wants the Facebook CEO’s name removed, saying that Facebook performed unauthorized research in tweaking the news feeds of individual users to see how they reacted and is trying to obtain data-sharing agreements with the American College of Cardiology and other institutions.

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