Iris Telehealth

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Thankfully, organizations like the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) continue to drive new initiatives to mitigate this barrier and help more people get the care they need. In November 2022, CMS finalized new rules to expand access to behavioral health. Overview of new CMS rules. Core benefits of the new CMS rules.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

MARCH 9, 2023

Based on current COVID-19 recovery trends, the Department of Health and Human Services announced that the US federal Public Health Emergency (PHE) waivers will end on May 11, 2023. Private payers, Medicaid, and Medicare initiated widespread telehealth reimbursement approvals.

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Mend

MARCH 27, 2023

In part 1 of our blog series, Mend reviews the permanent Medicare changes to the Telehealth policy. The COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) has been in place for three years. This has had myriad effects on Telehealth policies as well as how providers deliver digital care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 18, 2020

The HHS Office for Civil Rights announced on Tuesday that during the coronavirus pandemic it will use discretion when enforcing HIPAA-compliance for telehealth communications tools. The agency also specifies that Facebook Live, Twitch, TikTok, other public-facing video communication "should not be used in the provision of telehealth."

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 17, 2022

The Australian government is briefly subsidising some telehealth services as it deals with a new COVID-19 outbreak. These include specialist inpatient video and phone consultation items under the Medicare Benefits Schedule, complex specialist telephone consultations and level C or longer telephone consultations for general practitioners.

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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

AUGUST 16, 2023

The COVID-19 public health emergency prompted a rapid shift to telemedicine as both a replacement and adjunct to usual in-person care. However, based on the National Institute on Aging's National Health and Aging Trends Study , researchers estimated roughly one-third of older adults in the U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Clinicians create a virtual mental health appointment using Zoom's secure, HIPAA-compliant video technology, share that link with the patient and launch the online meeting directly from the Osmind patient app. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS publication. We are thrilled to partner to offer their industry-leading solution."

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Clear Arch Health

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

2023 Public Health Emergency Update: On January 30, 2023, the Biden Administration announced plans to officially bring the public health emergency (PHE) to an end by May 11, 2023 in response to current COVID-19 trends. There is even a new Behavioral Health Integration code: G0323.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

"CMS and state efforts to evaluate and oversee telehealth are critical to meeting Medicaid enrollees' behavioral health needs and to safeguarding the Medicaid program from potential fraud, waste and abuse," wrote OIG officials. Even so, only 11 conduct telehealth-specific monitoring and oversight.

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Mend

APRIL 12, 2023

Will virtual care still count as telehealth excepted benefit? What about telehealth HIPAA compliance? As we near the PHE ending on May 11, 2023, providers must know which Medicare changes were only temporary and which are now permanent. After May 11, providers must follow the usual HIPAA rules when using telehealth.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Health Populi’s Hot Points: Is there an American Civil Right for health care? Here’s a video featuring President Obama, who signed the ACA into law, discussing some of the key elements of that Bill of Rights — with an emphasis on assuring people could find health insurance even if they had pre-existing conditions.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

With patients afraid to seek care in person and social distancing necessitating as little face-to-face contact as possible, many clinicians pivoted to telehealth – some with more success than others. Shelley, a professor in the Department of Policy and Public Health Management at the New York University School of Global Public Health.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 25, 2021

introduced legislation this week to ensure Medicare enrollees have expanded access to telehealth. HR 3447, or the "Permanency for Audio-Only Telehealth Act ," would allow for Medicare coverage of audio-only telehealth services after the COVID-19 public health emergency. Jason Smith, R-Mo.,

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

In a recent Tricare telehealth policy update, the Department of Defense (DoD) addressed telehealth phone calls and telehealth copays in the Federal Register with this statement: SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs (ASD(HA)) issues this final rule ….

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Burgess, R-Texas, introduced legislation aimed at increasing telehealth access, particularly for children. The Telehealth Improvement for Kids’ Essential Services, or TIKES, Act of 2020 would require the Secretary of the U.S. Blunt Rochester in a statement. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 18, 2022

"We already had developed a virtual personal protective equipment model in our special pathogen unit of our Medical ICU, or iSOCOMS," said Dr. Karen Rheuban, cofounder and director of the Center for Telehealth and medical director of telemedicine at the University of Virginia Health System. MEETING THE CHALLENGE.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Partner at Berger Singerman LLP Telehealth has revolutionized the delivery of outpatient mental health services, and there has been exponential growth in the acceptance and delivery of remote care. A national public opinion poll of U.S. On the federal level Medicare policy broadened the acceptance of virtual care.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JANUARY 26, 2023

This week’s installment concerns a recently published blog post about a controversial reimbursement requirement for telemental health telehealth after the end of the public health emergency (PHE). ” See New Medicare Law Requires In-Person Visit for Telehealth Coverage for more information. .”

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

AUGUST 4, 2022

On July 27, 2022, Congresswoman Liz Cheney (R-WY) and Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) celebrated the House passage of their Advancing Telehealth Beyond COVID–19 Act of 2022. It extends critical Medicare telehealth policies and is implemented during the pandemic through December 31, 2024. – Rep. – Rep.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 9, 2021

Enable providers to schedule video visits. In the past, reimbursement for telehealth often was limited by originating site and geographical location. Since RPM is not considered a telehealth service, it did not face those restrictions. Since RPM is not considered a telehealth service, it did not face those restrictions.

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Connected Health Initiative

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

For that to happen, we need Congress to recognize the importance of digital medicine and telehealth tools, and address provisions that hinder their use. This is part of a series outlining key priorities for the 118th Congress in legislating on digital health. Examples include the Telehealth Modernization Act of 2021 (H.R.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Many Medicare tools involving telehealth services were made possible by emergency blanket waivers responding to the Public Health Emergency (PHE) sparked by COVID-19. The primary changes authorized providers to offer telehealth video and audio-only services and to work from their homes while billing from their offices.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently released a report urging more oversight of HIPAA regulations and CME telehealth. The uptake of telehealth technologies has increased the risk of telehealth fraud, waste, and abuse. The GAO found “insufficient data” about audio-only and video telehealth visits.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently released a report urging more oversight of HIPAA regulations and CME telehealth. The uptake of telehealth technologies has increased the risk of telehealth fraud, waste, and abuse. The GAO found “insufficient data” about audio-only and video telehealth visits.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

In a virtual public meeting this past Friday, members of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission discussed how – and whether – to permanently expand telehealth in Medicare. Before the pandemic, Medicare's physician fee schedule covered a limited set of telehealth services in rural locations.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently released a report urging more oversight of HIPAA regulations and CME telehealth. The uptake of telehealth technologies has increased the risk of telehealth fraud, waste, and abuse. The GAO found “insufficient data” about audio-only and video telehealth visits. .

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 19, 2020

A bipartisan group of senators on Thursday introduced legislation to inventory telehealth programs nationwide and evaluate ways to plan for public health emergencies using virtual care. " “Telehealth has been instrumental in connecting patients and health care professionals during COVID-19. " Sen.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

DECEMBER 22, 2022

After continuing COVID-related telemental health laws and behavioral telehealth regulations in 2022, many key issues for 2023 are already decided. Both federal and state legislative groups have focused heavily on passing behavioral telehealth regulations to be enacted in 2023 and are poised to extend in subsequent years.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 15, 2023

As an FQHC, 75% of patients are enrolled in Medicaid or Medicare; another 7% are uninsured. THE PROBLEM Prior to 2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic, there were federal and state policies in place that discouraged FQHCs like Ryan Health from adopting telehealth services due to payment restrictions.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 23, 2023

News and Studies The 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule from CMS would continue many of the public health emergency telehealth flexibilities, such as an expanded definition of telehealth practitioners, continued payments to rural health centers and FQHCs, and the expansion of originating sites.

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South Central Telehealth Resource Center

JANUARY 12, 2021

As we enter the new year we are seeing numerous payor telehealth policy changes, and therefore we have made several updates to the Virtual Visit Billing Guides for Arkansas, Tennessee, and Mississippi. Extended current telehealth flexibilities until further notice. Current telehealth flexibilities expire December 31 st , 2020.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

One of the great use cases for telemedicine has proven to be mental health. It does not require physical contact between caregiver and patient (though seeing a patient's affect in person can be better than via video). Rarely does mental health require in-person tests. Taking vitals is not necessary.

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Continue Education Journal

JUNE 12, 2019

Telehealth and Telemedicine Definition. We often hear telehealth and telemedicine used interchangeably, so let’s set the record straight – telehealth is the umbrella term that refers to medical services that healthcare practitioners provide to patients from a distance. Telehealth in 2019.

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TheraNest

MARCH 18, 2020

They also noted that public facing platforms like Facebook Live, Twitch, TikTok should not be used as a means of telehealth care provision. . 6 Reasons To Use A HIPAA-Compliant Telehealth Platform. 6 Reasons To Use A HIPAA-Compliant Telehealth Platform. Protecting Client Privacy.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

More than 85% of the patients served by Temple are covered by government programs, including Medicare and Medicaid. Patients dually eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid make up roughly half of the Medicare inpatient base. More than 40% of total inpatient cases include a behavioral health diagnosis. MARKETPLACE.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 6, 2023

Check out our community’s telehealth and RPM (Remote Patient Monitoring) predictions. Digitally-enabled care is the future of telehealth – “telehealth” has become industry norm since the start of the pandemic and used as a catchall term for everything from virtual doctor’s appointments to at-home testing kits.

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