By Eric Wicklund, mHealth Intelligence | February 14, 2019 Federal officials will be testing a new Medicare reimbursement model that supports telehealth and mHealth programs that replace Emergency Department visits. The Health and Humans Services Department’s Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation this week unveiled the Emergency Triage, Treat and [...]
By Nick Paul Taylor, MedTech DIVE | November 16, 2018 Dive Brief: CMS Administrator Seema Verma took to the Alliance for Connected Care Telehealth Policy Forum for Health Systems Thursday to outline recent CMS actions aimed at ensuring Medicare facilitates access to new healthcare technologies. Addressing an audience of telehealth professionals, Verma outlined plans [...]
By Erin Dietsche, MedCity News | November 15, 2018 In a letter to state Medicaid directors, the agency said states can pursue reimbursement for short-term residential treatment services in an institution for mental disease. Earlier this week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services revealed it is giving states the [...]
