Tag: Telehealth Services

The Future Impact of EHR Interoperability on Health Care IT: A Look into 2023 and Beyond

The Future Impact of EHR Interoperability on Health Care IT: A Look into 2023 and Beyond

After years of longing for an update, the U.S. healthcare system is finally undergoing the crucial modernization it desperately needs. Dedicated IT professionals within healthcare organizations are now diligently developing enhanced electronic health records (EHRs) that promise increased efficiency and effectiveness. This transformative process entails integrating EHRs with state-of-the-art patient-access technologies. Consequently, various healthcare practitioners, […]
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The Top 6 Changes in Medical Billing

The Top 6 Changes in Medical Billing

Table of Contents The Top 6 Changes in Medical Billing Implementation of ICD-11 Increased Use of Telehealth Services Changes in Reimbursement Rates Increased Focus on Patient-Centered Care Greater Emphasis on Data Security Focus on Price Transparency The healthcare industry is constantly evolving, and medical billing is no exception. With the ever-changing landscape of healthcare, it’s […]
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Regulations Open Doors for Telehealth Services in FQHCs

Regulations Open Doors for Telehealth Services in FQHCs

Make sure your facility is aware of all the Medicare policy changes that permit payment for expanded services. Telehealth as a healthcare delivery platform has been in existence since the late 1960s. It was first introduced through projects initiated by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Nebraska Psychology Institute. The declaration of […]
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Medicare Patients Received 54.5M Office Visits Via Telehealth in 2020

Medicare Patients Received 54.5M Office Visits Via Telehealth in 2020

Office visits represented 48 percent of all telehealth services used in the first year of the pandemic, making it the service most accessed via telehealth, federal data shows. Medicare beneficiaries most often used telehealth for office visits in 2020, receiving 54.5 million virtual office visits in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to […]
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Telehealth Update: New Bill Could Provide Much Needed Certainty to Providers and Patients

Telehealth Update: New Bill Could Provide Much Needed Certainty to Providers and Patients

On Monday, February 7, 2022, U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, and Todd Young, R-Indiana, introduced the Telehealth Extension and Evaluation Act, which if passed, would extend several of the telehealth waivers for two years after the end of the federal public health emergency (PHE).  See our previous coverage of telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic. […]
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Telehealth, EHR Use Increases False Claims Act Violations, Fraud

Telehealth, EHR Use Increases False Claims Act Violations, Fraud

As more providers leverage telehealth services and EHR systems, the federal government has seen increased False Claims Act violations and healthcare fraud. Healthcare digitization, including increased use of telehealth and EHR has led to a higher volume of healthcare fraud and False Claims Act (FCA) cases, according to lawyers from Hogan Lovells. The False Claims […]
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Rural Health Clinic Policies Revised

Rural Health Clinic Policies Revised

  Don’t send another RHC claim until you’ve reviewed these key changes for 2022. A Rural Health Clinic (RHC) is a clinic located in a rural, underserved area with a shortage of primary care providers, personal health services, or both. Medicare pays RHCs for the provision of certain primary care and preventive health services in […]
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