Propelled by COVID-19, State Governments Attempt to Keep Up With Telemedicine...
As is the case with most new technologies or significant industry innovations, companies embracing and driving the disruptions often move very fast in a legal and political landscape that is always...
View ArticleHold the Phone: Audio-Only Telehealth Expanding in New York and other States,...
The COVID-19 pandemic has seen a wave of telehealth policy changes across the nation at both federal and state levels. Such changes have expanded access to health care and addressed underutilization in...
View ArticleProposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule Addresses Mental Telehealth,...
On July 13, 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the annual proposed rule for updating the physician fee schedule and other Medicare Part B services. Proposed Telehealth...
View ArticleProposed Physician Fee Schedule Includes Expanded Telehealth Reimbursement
The proposed 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, released on July 13 by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), includes expanded reimbursement for behavioral health services...
View ArticleTelehealth – Here to Stay (At Least for Now): CMS Considers Permanent...
On July 13, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published its annual proposed changes to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule. Among the 1,747 pages of proposals, one notable...
View ArticleCMS Proposes New Remote Therapeutic Monitoring Codes: What You Need to Know
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed a new category of digital health services—Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM)—to complement the existing suite of Remote...
View ArticleHealthcare & Life Sciences: Drug Pricing Digest - July 2021 #2
CMS Releases Proposed Physician Fee Schedule for 2022: On July 13, 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the proposed Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) for 2022 (link). Among...
View ArticleAlston & Bird Health Care Week in Review - July 2021 #3
Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in healthcare regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee...
View ArticleWashington Healthcare Update - July 2021 #2
This week in Washington: Infrastructure, Executive Order on Anti-competitiveness, House Appropriations Committee Acts on Labor-HHS Appropriations Bill, Senate Budget Committee Democrats Agree on Budget...
View ArticleProposed Physician Fee Schedule Adds Coverage For Remote Therapeutic Monitoring
The proposed 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule released on July 13 by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) includes a new category of CPT codes for “remote therapeutic monitoring”...
View ArticleCMS to Permanently Cover Audio-Only Telemedicine for Mental Health
...The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed permanent Medicare coverage of audio-only mental health telehealth services. Currently, Medicare covers audio-only telehealth...
View ArticlePhysician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule for 2022 Released: What Pharmaceutical...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) calendar year 2022 rule proposing changes to payment policies under the Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) and Medicare Part B (the Proposed Rule) will...
View ArticleTele-Tuesday: CMS Keeps Its Foot on the Gas for Telehealth, RPM
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released a table copy of its calendar year 2022 Medicare physician fee schedule proposed rule. The proposed rule is chock full of policy...
View ArticleCMS proposes changes to Medicare rules governing certain Evaluation and...
On July 13, 2021, CMS released the 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule (Proposed Rule). In addition to the standard proposals related to rate setting for the coming year, the Proposed...
View ArticleMedicare Proposes New Changes for Telehealth Services in 2022
...On July 13, 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released an advance copy of the calendar year (CY) 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) proposed payment rule, to be...
View ArticleCMS proposes changes to Stark Law regulations and Open Payments Program
On July 13, 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the calendar year 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule (Proposed Rule). Included in that Proposed Rule are...
View ArticleCMS Addresses Virtual Care Expansion in CY 2022 Medicare Physician Fee...
On July 23, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published its annual proposed changes to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS), which include several key telehealth and...
View ArticleCMS Proposes Important New Updates to the Sunshine Act’s Open Payments Program
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its proposed 2022 Physician Fee Schedule rule (Proposed Rule) on July 13, 2021. Included in the rule are several proposed updates to the...
View ArticleCMS’ Proposal to Expand Telehealth Coverage
On July 13, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) unveiled a proposal to temporarily extend Medicare coverage for particular telehealth services granted during the COVID-19...
View ArticleLiving in a Virtual World: The Post-Pandemic Future of Telehealth
As the United States is now more than one year into the COVID-19 pandemic and as life for many is returning to some sense of normalcy, this is a great time for healthcare organizations to evaluate...
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