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CMS Rule Streamlines Telemedicine Credentialing
On May 2, 2011 CMS issued its final rule on credentialing and privileging for telemedicine. As expected, the rule now provides for “privileging by proxy” between facilities, wherein one hospital can accept the privileging decisions of another for purposes of the provision of clinical services to patients by practitioners from a distance via electronic communications [...]
Telehealth Leads to Shorter Hospital Stays and Lower Mortality Rates for ICU Patients
In a study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association, telehealth services used in intensive care units are associated with lower mortality rates and shorter hospital stays. EA TeleHealth is particularly gratified and not surprised by these findings, as one of our clients provides these same services with similar results.
Healthcare Providers Establish Telehealth Reimbursement Models
Presenters at the IHT2 Health IT Summit in Fort Lauderdale discussed a number of business models in use to sustain the provision of telehealth services. As fee for service reimbursement, particularly outside of a rural heath area, continues to be challenging, alternative models are emerging.
ATA Asks CMS to Reconsider ACO Telemedicine Limitations
In a case of two steps forward, three steps back, the recently proposed standards for ACOs include significant restrictions on the provision of reimbursable care via telemedicine. The ATA has sent a letter to CMS administrator Dr. Donald Berwick requesting that five specific proposed requirements be waived.
CMS Updates Telehealth Services for Rural Health Fact Sheet
Provided by CMS as part of the Medicare Learning Network, this fact sheet is designed to provide education on services furnished to eligible Medicare beneficiaries via a telecommunications system including originating sites, distant site practitioners, telehealth services, billing and payment for professional services furnished via telehealth, and billing and payment for the originating site facility [...]
AMA Paper on Physician Licensure
This report updated in April 2011 and found on the AMA website presents an analysis of current trends in physician licensure. With the advent of telemedicine and its potential to solve physician shortages and deliver care over wide geographic areas, the current state-based medical licensure system is challenged.
Expansion of Medicare Telehealth Services for 2011
Effective January 1, 2011, CMS has added a number of telehealth services to those reimbursed by Medicare (in a rural HPSA or in a county outside of an MSA). Notably, subsequent hospital care services (codes 99231, 99232, 99233) are now payable (once every 3 days by admitting physician), and the originating site facility fee was [...]
- Telehealth Leads to Shorter Hospital Stays and Lower Mortality Rates for ICU Patients
- Healthcare Providers Establish Telehealth Reimbursement Models
- CMS Rule Streamlines Telemedicine Credentialing
- ATA Asks CMS to Reconsider ACO Telemedicine Limitations
- CMS Updates Telehealth Services for Rural Health Fact Sheet
- AMA Paper on Physician Licensure
- Expansion of Medicare Telehealth Services for 2011
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