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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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Remote therapeutic monitoring is reimbursable – here's what you need to know

Healthcare It News

With the new CPT codes, providers can get reimbursed for: Educating patients on how to use a remote care-management platform. Monitoring a platform's alerts and patients' use of remote education. Providers now can get reimbursed for educating patients on how to use remote care management platforms.

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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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CVS Health to purchase Signify Health for $8B

Healthcare It News

In March, Signify Health acquired Caravan Health , which serves Medicare beneficiaries through accountable care organizations. "The Signify deal coincides with the ongoing trend of healthcare shifting from the hospital to the home, and as technology plays a bigger role in remote care models."

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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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2023 Telehealth Reimbursement Advances: Reimbursement Models

Health Recovery

The COVID-19 pandemic led to an unprecedented acceleration of telehealth services, making remote care a standard practice. Healthcare providers increasingly recognize the benefits of telehealth, including increased access to care, reduced costs, and improved patient outcomes.

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Humana, Elara Caring, Frontpoint Health Share Best Practices For MA-Home Health Relationships

Home Health Care

The nature of home health provider-Medicare Advantage (MA) plan relationships has slowly begun to change, as some organizations have found ways to successfully work together and derive value from these collaborations more effectively. In fact, MA has more than 28 million beneficiaries, or 45% of the Medicare population.

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