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ATA AND ATA ACTION SUBMIT DETAILED COMMENTS IN RESPONSE TO THE CMS CY2024 PHYSICIAN FEE SCHEDULE PROPOSED RULE

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AMERICAN TELEMEDICINE ASSOCIATION LAUNCHES THREE NEW TOOLS TO ADVANCE TELEHEALTH’S ROLE IN ADDRESSING HEALTH DISPARITIES

Washington, D.C., September 18, 2023 – The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) announced this week that its CEO’s Advisory Group on Using Telehealth to Eliminate Disparities and Inequities is releasing three new tools this week, to inform ways in which telehealth can impact disparities and inequities. “We launched the advisory group in 2021 to address the unique ways telehealth could be […]

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The Comments are In! Responses to the Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Reg

Time’s up and pencils down! Comments on the calendar year (CY) 2024 physician fee schedule (PFS) proposed reg were due earlier this week. Now, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will have to review them and issue a final reg on or before November 1, 2023—60 days before the start of the new […]

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HIMSS Supports Proposed Extensions to Telehealth Coverage in CMS Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule

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HIMSS Supports Proposed Extensions to Telehealth Coverage in CMS Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule

HIMSS, a global advocate for digital health transformation, supports a proposed extension of coverage for telehealth services through Dec. 31, 2024. The reimbursement, at the non-facility rate, was originally scheduled to cease when the federal government ended the COVID-19 public health emergency on May 11, 2023. More than 150 million people live in federally designated […]

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CPT codes for 2024 unveiled

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CPT Codes for 2024 Unveiled

Consolidated codes for reporting current COVID-19 immunizations, provisional codes for forthcoming monovalent vaccines, and codes for Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) immunizations are among the features of the American Medical Association’s 2024 Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code set unveiled today. In all, the 2024 code set includes 230 additions, 49 deletions and 70 revisions among its 11,163 codes according […]

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Long-Term Care Hospital PPS

Learn What’s New for FY 2024 CMS issued FY 2024 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System (LTCH PPS) final rules to update IPPS hospital and LTCH Medicare payment policies. See a summary of key provisions effective October 1, 2023. The Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP [State Children’s Health Insurance Program] Balanced Budget Refinement Act […]

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Acute Inpatient PPS

Learn What’s New for FY 2024 CMS issued FY 2024 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System (LTCH PPS) final rules to update IPPS hospital and LTCH Medicare payment policies.  See a summary of key provisions effective October 1, 2023.  On January 30, 2023, the Biden Administration announced its intent to end the national […]

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ATA Releases Data Privacy Principles for Telehealth Practices

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ATA Releases Data Privacy Principles for Telehealth Practices

August 31, 2023 – Amid rising concerns about data privacy within the telehealth arena, the American Telemedicine Association (ATA) released a set of principles to ensure patient data is protected during telehealth utilization.   The ATA’s Health Data Privacy Principles include six components: consistency, the definition of consumer health data, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), consumer […]

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ATA AND ATA ACTION SUBMIT DETAILED COMMENTS IN RESPONSE TO THE CMS CY2024 PHYSICIAN FEE SCHEDULE PROPOSED RULE

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ATA AND ATA ACTION SUBMIT DETAILED COMMENTS IN RESPONSE TO THE CMS CY2024 PHYSICIAN FEE SCHEDULE PROPOSED RULE

WASHINGTON, DC, AUGUST 29, 2023 — The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) and ATA Action submitted comments in response to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) CY2024 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) proposed policy changes for Medicare payments under the PFS, and other Medicare Part B issues. The ATA and ATA Action commend CMS for extending most of the telehealth flexibilities implemented […]

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