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81% of Health System Leaders Plan to Bump Up Their Investment in Remote Care Technology

Home Health Care

As the regulatory landscape continues to incentivize home-based care, health system leaders plan to beef up their investments in the space. Along these lines, 81% of decisionmakers intend to increase their investment in remote care technologies in the next 12 months. Last year, the U.S.

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Nuvance Health develops new memory care-at-home platform

Healthcare It News

Along with telehealth, remote patient monitoring programs grew during the COVID-19 pandemic because federal rules gave providers the flexibility to use RPM for the duration of the public health emergency.

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Vendor Notebook: new tools and acquisitions from OptumRx, ScionHealth, others

Healthcare It News

ScionHealth provides community healthcare in 28 states and in August 2022, the Louisville-based provider launched remote care patient monitoring for chronic care at 79 of its hospitals.

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HHS & DOJ FY 2022 Enforcement Targeted Fraud in COVID-19, Telemedicine, Opioid and Prescription Drugs, and Substance Use Treatment Centers, Among Other Initiatives

Sheppard Health Law

HHS-OIG conducted investigations resulting in 661 criminal actions against individuals related to Medicare and Medicaid, as well as 726 civil actions, including false claims, unjust-enrichment lawsuits, and civil monetary penalty settlements. Enhancing program integrity in noninstitutional care settings, such as home health and hospice care.

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UConn Health squares away CMS audit trail and more with digital health platform

Healthcare It News

"Throughout the process, the digital care management approach captures holistic, contextual data, creating a more meaningful, measurable and even predictive view for better patient care and outcomes," he added. Another aspect of this approach is reimbursement.

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Home-Based Care Can Help Turn Around CMS’ Investment Portfolio, Former Administrator Says

Home Health Care

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma is bullish on a lot. Speaking at the Home Care 100 conference Tuesday, she expressed enthusiasm for a new era of data-tracking and technology, as well as value-based care, Medicare Advantage and hospital at home. health care system. Former U.S.

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States Focus on Behavioral Health as They Consider the Future of Telehealth

NASHP

In November 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a series of new policies aimed at enabling access to behavioral health services via telehealth. To entice providers to deliver remote care, states mandated or encouraged parity in reimbursement and/or cost-sharing between in-person and telehealth services.