Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 6, 2020

And it became increasingly likely that CMS would make telehealth access for older adults permanent. During the pandemic, telehealth use grew sharply in the care of older adults, enabled by CMS reimbursement changes that likely will be permanent. Half of those aged 75+ and one-third of the 65+ have hearing loss.

Health Technology 91

Health Technology Telehealth Medicare 91

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

By Andrea Fox | September 01, 2023 News Will CMS' Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver program become permanent? Region Tag: Global Edition Hide Collection: 0 Primary topic: Connected Health Signs point to yes – and mature remote patient monitoring and telemedicine tools will be key.

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Connected Health Telehealth Telemedicine Remote care 120

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 29, 2023

New CMS and AMA guidelines, coding changes, and reimbursement methods have been implemented. CMS publishes a State Operations Manual with interpretive guidelines for surveyors. Medicare Payment Resources CMS implemented an Ambulatory Payment Classification-based payment methodology in 2008.

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Medicare Medical Billing HIPAA Medical Billing Services 52

Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 26, 2020

Meanwhile, a wave of nursing home ‘transparency’ directives emerges from CMS , the nursing home regulator. At the moment, CMS’ five star rating system has a now-updated annual inspection process to check off whether nursing homes meet the individual elements that make up the rating. category tags: Seniors , SNF , senior living.

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Nursing 110

Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 22, 2018

? Consider CMS Five Star Rating system and how it ‘serves’ families. No doubt you know someone who was baffled at how a terrible nursing home gets a 4 or 5 star rating from CMS’s Five Star Rating System , while a good one can appear to have a lower rating, applied from an inspection before management overhaul several years earlier.

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Nursing 79

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 28, 2022

This platform can include offering deeper dives into population health management, accurate cost of patient care, CMS and social data, supply chain optimization (especially when we are having issues with the supply chain on a global scale) and, most importantly, insight to bring more efficiencies in your daily hospital operations.

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Leadership EHR Telemedicine Telehealth 187

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 4, 2020

In a swift and welcome response to COVID-19, the CMS announced rules to improve telehealth reimbursements across the board. CMS Administrator Seema Verma has since then made statements suggesting that telehealth waivers may be extended in the future. Featured Decision Content:

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Telehealth Telemedicine Digital Health Remote care 139

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 10, 2020

Others are discussing the race to enable ‘televisits’ -- noting outreach from AARP to CMS to boost the requirement for enabling technology in nursing homes. category tags: Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) , Seniors , senior living , seniors and aging policy , covid-19. The State of Florida gave tablets to 150 nursing homes.

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Nursing Telehealth 157

Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 5, 2022

And for sure, the pandemic institutionalized the role of in-home telehealth, with CMS reimbursement presumed to become permanent , or at least regularly renewed. category tags: IoT and home monitoring , SNF , seniors and aging policy , AI and machine learning. Here are five examples of sensor-enabled smart clothing.

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Telehealth 69

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 28, 2020

Note that PACE programs for frail and low-income elderly are now directed by CMS to use remote technology for "activities that would normally occur on an in-person basis," such as scheduled and unscheduled participant assessments, care planning, monitoring, communication, and other activities.”.

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Nursing Telehealth Medicare Digital Health 95

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 17, 2020

In March, the government announced expansion of telehealth access , noting that it would raise the reimbursement rate for telehealth visits during the Covid-19 pandemic to match the doctor’s rate for in person visits, as Seema Verma, the head of CMS noted: ‘the genie was let out of the bottle’ and won’t likely be put back in.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 4, 2023

And in other news, CMS really wants older adults with dementia to remain in their homes. category tags: dementia care, cognitive decline , fall prevention, fall detection , Mobile PERS The government agency seems to have given up on improving the quality or affordability of dementia care in senior living or nursing homes.

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Nursing 62

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 5, 2020

It could be a good thing that CMS has announced formation of a commission to address 'Safety and Quality in Nursing Homes.' category tags: SNF , Seniors , Aging , healthcare , covid-19. Can a commission open up its lens to view overall care? Consider, for example, what nurses describe as the safety issues of their jobs. Pipe dream?

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Nursing Medicare 106

Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Through July, CMS noted that 10 million Medicare beneficiaries used telehealth visits. category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health , Boomer-Senior Tech Business , social isolation , computers, internet and social networking. In fact, in April, 43% of primary care visits for Medicare patients were through telehealth. The total of 34.5

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Remote care Telehealth Medicare Primary Care 130

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 15, 2023

And requests for patient data are predicted to intensify as health plans work to reduce per-member/per-month costs, earn higher STAR ratings, and meet the CMS 2030 value-based care goals. Medical record requests are digitized, and specific data requirements are tagged.

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Life Science Health Information EHR Leadership 82

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 4, 2020

The latter is likely to be a genie that will not go back into the bottle , as an interview with CMS’ Seema Verma indicates. category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health , Boomer-Senior Tech Business , Family caregivers. Caregiving Technology Adoption.

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Remote care Telehealth HIPAA Medicare 89

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 20, 2020

Telehealth technology vendors have struggled for a decade to gain attention, but with CMS reimbursement for (any) telehealth visit , a market crawl became a race. category tags: Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , smart home , dementia care, cognitive decline. And the technology lens zeroed in on telehealth now.

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Nursing Telehealth 163

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 1, 2020

Others are discussing the race to enable ‘televisits’ -- noting outreach from AARP to CMS to boost the requirement for enabling technology in nursing homes. category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health , Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) , computers, internet and social networking , smartphones, cell phones.

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Health Technology Nursing Telehealth Remote care 75

Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 3, 2019

It’s been just a month now since the report was released – looking forward to seeing commentary on websites like asaging.org (ASA) where the 2016 summary was posted, Leading Age (likewise), and of course CMS (Coordinated care and care planning) – access to healthcare and improved driver safety (perfect for AARP). So how about it?

Medicare 87

Medicare Telehealth 87

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 5, 2020

It could be a good thing that CMS has announced formation of a commission to address 'Safety and Quality in Nursing Homes.' category tags: SNF , Seniors , Aging , healthcare , covid-19. Can a commission open up its lens to view overall care? Consider, for example, what nurses describe as the safety issues of their jobs. Pipe dream?

Nursing 62

Nursing Medicare 62

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 8, 2020

During the pandemic, telehealth use grew sharply in the care of older adults, enabled by CMS reimbursement changes that likely will be permanent. category tags: hearing loss , hearables/hearing technology , covid-19. Covid-19 sharpens the benefits of teleaudiology. Half of those aged 75+ and one-third of the 65+ have hearing loss.

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Remote care Telehealth 69

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 8, 2020

During the pandemic, telehealth use grew sharply in the care of older adults, enabled by CMS reimbursement changes that likely will be permanent. category tags: hearing loss , hearables/hearing technology , covid-19. Covid-19 sharpens the benefits of teleaudiology. Half of those aged 75+ and one-third of the 65+ have hearing loss.

Remote care 69

Remote care Telehealth 69

Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 3, 2019

It’s been just a month now since the report was released – looking forward to seeing commentary on websites like as aging.org (ASA) where the 2016 summary was posted, Leading Age, and of course CMS (Coordinated care and care planning) – access to healthcare and improved driver safety (perfect for AARP). So how about it?

Medicare 63

Medicare Telehealth 63

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 2, 2022

Prescribed RPM can be reimbursed via CMS provided billable codes. category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health , IoT and home monitoring. RPM gained big momentum during 2020.

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Nursing Telehealth 125

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 1, 2018

2018 is the year of the electronic visit verification , subject to compliance with a CMS mandate by January 2019. category tags: Home Care , tech-enabled home care , IoT and home monitoring. This can be done with the Echo line or the Google Home/Google Assistant environment. Electronic visit verification (EVV).

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 26, 2022

Finally, the CMS- created codes for remote patient monitoring (RPM) can be used for reimbursement of chronic disease monitoring services. category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health , computers, broadband, and social networking , baby boomers. Hospitals continue to close , especially in rural areas.

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Telehealth Nursing Medicare Patient Experience 75

Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Consider CMS Five Star Rating system and how it ‘serves’ families. No doubt you know someone who was baffled at how a terrible nursing home gets a 4 or 5 star rating from CMS’s Five Star Rating System , while a good one can appear to have a lower rating, applied from an inspection before management overhaul several years earlier.

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Nursing mHealth Connected Health Health IT 81

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 22, 2021

Today, many health devices and wearables are hitting the market, but not all are approved by the CMS for reimbursement. For reimbursement by the CMS, a device must be an FDA-listed device. Choose the right device to get reliable patient data and reimbursement.

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FHIR EHR Telehealth EMR 175

American Well

JUNE 28, 2015

CMS Issues New Telemedicine Guidelines and Approves Seven New Procedures in Move to Further Encourage Telehealth Initiatives. For its part, the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) is taking a step forward in supporting the wider use of telemedicine. Dark Daily.

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Telemedicine Telehealth Primary Care Medicare 48

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

ONC, CMS leaders tell Senate HELP Committee time is of the essence. Experts from across health IT, including members of the HL7 board and advisory council, say the new standard can do big things for data exchange, but it's not a cure-all. by Mike Miliard May 08, 2019.

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Healthcare IT EHR Meaningful Use Interoperability 82

Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 31, 2023

By the way, if CMS is ‘restricting’ Medicare Advantage plan advertising , that is not yet visible to a TV viewer. and ads are built on stereotypes of older adults (mostly women) and the premise that they are just plain stupid. Apparently they can’t do their own research and are desperate for advice. Is this really a market for suckers?

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Medicare 80

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 12, 2020

The final interoperability and data-sharing rules, announced by CMS in April 2020, will ease data-sharing, reduce information blocking, and lead to more innovation in designing the seamless experiences of the future.

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Telehealth Digital Health Interoperability Public Health 212

Redox

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

According to the 2020 CAQH index , PA is the single largest expense for the healthcare industry with a total price tag estimated at about $767 million annually. A 2017 Government Accountability Report estimated that PA saved CMS nearly $2 billion between 2012 and 2017 on a series of demonstration projects in just 7 states.

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Interoperability EHR Patient Experience 59

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) program, used by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to rate hospitals, now contain two measures of SDoH. Hopefully, at least, the measures will stimulate hospitals to ask the right questions, and CMS will know how needy their populations are.

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Public Health HIE Medicare Health IT 109

GlobalMed

OCTOBER 7, 2019

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reports that of $3.5 It’s time for greater transparency in our dialogues, from hospitals providing clear treatment price tags to patients discussing financial challenges with their doctors. trillion in U.S. healthcare spending in 2017, Americans paid $365.5 billion out of pocket.

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Medical Billing Telemedicine Mental health Medicare 40

Society for Participatory Medicine

JUNE 10, 2018

A ICD-10 lookup engine from CMS (Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services). Tagging features for encounters (categorizes like visits). The capacity to use any device to input and view a record, even from a smartphone. Medication lookup engine from RXNorm. e-Prescribing and orders done through blockchain digital notarization process.

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ePatients Health Data EHR HIE 58

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 6, 2020

Any abnormal responses or vital stats are tagged and reported to: a healthcare organization partnering with the employer, a clinician on the employer’s staff, or a human resources professional, for a referral to a COVID-19 testing site to confirm an infection and prevent spreading the virus in the workplace.

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Connected Health Telehealth Pharmaceuticals EHR 181