After efforts to remove restrictions from CMS coverage of telehealth through legislative channels have stalled, telehealth stakeholders have sent a barrage of open letters to incoming US Secretary of Health …
Saying they want to improve care coordination, several organizations are calling on the federal government to reimburse accountable care organizations for the use of telehealth and remote patient monitoring technologies. …
Every day is a battle for Dorothy Coggins, even with her daughter Patty by her side. But her bout isn’t only physical. It started in late April when Dorothy had …
Industry stakeholders support CMS’s plans to expand the PMD demo—with a few tweaks. “I’m all for it,” said Peggy Walker, billing specialist at VGM. “I’m ready for more prior auths.” …
The second major government report on the Round 1 Rebid to be issued was released by the Government Accountability Office. The report acknowledges that both beneficiary utilization and numbers of …
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General released its report on the bidding program’s Round 1 Rebid. The report is based on a random sampling of …
While everyone is talking about Sec. 212 of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (H.R. 4302), which would delay the compliance date of ICD-10 for another year, there …
The American Association for Homecare and the VGM Group applauded Representatives Glenn Thompson (R-Pa.) and Bruce Braley (D-Iowa) for urging the Centers for Medicare and (CMS) Medicaid Services Administrator Marilyn …
