by Keith Kuhn | Aug 16, 2014 | Industry
Telemedicine, much to the delight of some health industry observers, is a prominent part of legislation announced this week allocating $16.3 billion to overhaul the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The proposed bill, which sailed through the House on a 420-5 vote...
by Keith Kuhn | Aug 4, 2014 | Beneficiary
Office-based physician visits made by diabetes patients rose 20% between 2005 and 2010, according to a new data brief from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The largest increase in visits (34%) was made by adults in their mid-20s to mid-40s,...
by Keith Kuhn | Aug 1, 2014 | Reimbursement
CMS has announced plans to recompete contracts for Round 2 of competitive bidding and the national mail-order program for diabetes supplies. The agency says it has begun its pre-bidding supplier awareness program, and will announce the bidding schedule and education...
by Keith Kuhn | Jul 25, 2014 | Industry
CareTouch Communications, Inc. released an enhanced version of their CareTouch360™ platform that supports One-way and Two-way billing system integration. The open system solution communicates with most billing systems, pulling data directly from the Home...
by Keith Kuhn | Jul 24, 2014 | Payor
Insurance carriers can become a key distribution point for emerging technologies such as wearables, which in turn can play an important part in emphasizing primary care over costly specialty care as payers seek to drive healthcare costs downward. So said a host of...
