The concept of hospital-at-home isn’t new, but it’s much more than an industry buzzword. It can be a game-changer for the healthcare industry if we are both innovative and realistic. It has the potential to transform the full experience for both providers and patients. Instead of requiring a patient to be onsite at a facility […]
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues across the United States, states, payers, and providers are looking for ways to expand access to telehealth services. Telehealth is an essential tool in ensuring patients are able to access the healthcare services they need in as safe a manner as possible. In order to provide our clients with quick […]
The Biden administration’s plan to terminate the COVID-19 public health emergency on May 11 signifies the end of an era as the nation confronts its third year of a still-present but muted pandemic, with cases, deaths and hospitalizations all largely trending downward since the beginning of the year. Though the availability of COVID-19 vaccinations at no cost is expected […]
“This article was originally published by Foley & Lardner LLP LINK TO FOLEY.COM POST on March 30, 2023, and is reprinted with permission.” Foley Forward: Trends 2023 Medicare telehealth post-Public Health Emergency (PHE): With the COVID-19 PHE concluding on May 11, 2023, many of the telehealth flexibilities the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) implemented […]
Critical Access Hospital is a designation given to eligible rural hospitals by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Congress created the Critical Access Hospital (CAH) designation through the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-33) in response to over 400 rural hospital closures during the 1980s and early 1990s. Since its creation, […]
March 09, 2023 – The COVID-19 pandemic spurred telehealth use to new heights, with policy changes and flexibilities enacted at the state and federal levels supporting the rapid integration of telehealth into routine care delivery. But now, with the public health emergency ending on May 11, lawmakers are evaluating how telehealth policy needs to evolve to continue […]
09 March 2023 by Caroline Reignley (Washington, DC) , Deborah R. Godes (Washington, DC), Michael Ryan (Washington, DC), Dale Van Demark (New York), Marshall Jackson (Washington, DC) and Abby Higgins (London) A recent multijurisdictional contractor advisory committee (CAC) meeting held by six of the seven Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) gave stakeholders an initial opportunity to provide feedback on the strength of clinical evidence to support Medicare coverage […]
I. Introduction On January 30, 2023, the Biden Administration announced its plan to end the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) on May 11, 2023. As discussed here, the PHE declarations have allowed the federal government to waive and modify certain Medicare, Medicaid, and Children’s Health Insurance program requirements and provide liability immunity to providers to administer services. With […]
A recent multijurisdictional contractor advisory committee (CAC) meeting held by six of the seven Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) gave stakeholders an initial opportunity to provide feedback on the strength of clinical evidence to support Medicare coverage for remote physiologic monitoring (RPM) and remote therapeutic monitoring (RTM) services for non-implantable medical devices. We previewed how this […]
Many physical therapy centers began providing telehealth at the start of the COVID- 19 public health emergency (PHE). In 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) CMS added 11 new services to the list of telehealth services covered by Medicare during the COVID-19. The CY 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) final rule […]
Feb 27, 2023 Based on current COVID-19 trends, the Department of Health and Human Services is planning for the federal Public Health Emergency for COVID-19 (PHE), declared under Section 319 of the Public Health Service Act, to expire at the end of the day on May 11, 2023. Thanks to the Administration’s whole-of-government approach to combatting […]
Jeff Lagasse, Associate Editor The American Hospital Association has come out in support of bipartisan legislation, introduced in the House of Representatives, that would require the Department of Health and Human Services, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, and Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission to study expanded telehealth use during the COVID-19 pandemic and recommend potential enhancements to telehealth access and […]
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues across the United States, states, payers, and providers are looking for ways to expand access to telehealth services. Telehealth is an essential tool in ensuring patients are able to access the healthcare services they need in as safe a manner as possible. In order to provide our clients with quick […]
by David Collins, MHA, CPHQ, CPHIMS, FHIMSS, CLSSGB, Senior Manager Home and Community, VCU Health System | Richard Foor, CTO, Givens Communities | Dan O’Neil, CHCIO, MBA, VP, CIO, Care Dimensions In the wake of the pandemic, telehealth quickly became an integral part of care delivery by increasing access to care. This proved to be just […]