CMS released a survey of Medicare beneficiaries during COVID-19 View CMS press release According to the survey, the most common type of forgone care because of the pandemic was dental care (43%), followed by regular check-up (36%), treatment for ongoing condition (36%), and diagnostic or medical screening test (32%). The most common reason cited [...]
Cardiovascular Events and Costs With Home Blood Pressure Telemonitoring and Pharmacist Management for Uncontrolled Hypertension Abstract Uncontrolled hypertension is a leading contributor to cardiovascular disease. A cluster-randomized trial in 16 primary care clinics showed that 12 months of home blood pressure telemonitoring and pharmacist management lowered blood pressure more than usual care (UC) for 24 [...]
Ask your Member of Congress to support and cosponsor commonsense legislation that would ensure Medicare beneficiaries may continue to access care through telehealth after the current health crisis has passed. The Protecting Access to Post-COVID-19 Telehealth Act of 2020 (H.R. 7663) would do just that. For too long, outdated and overly burdensome restrictions in Medicare [...]
Guidance for Medicare Fee-for Service Payment from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services On Tuesday, March 17, 2020 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services expanded Medicare coverage for telehealth visits, implementing new powers under the coronavirus legislation. These changes temporarily remove originating site and geographic restrictions from coverage of telehealth under Medicare fee-for-service. [...]
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Home monitoring with technology-supported management in chronic heart failure: a randomised trial Objectives We aimed to investigate whether digital home monitoring with centralised specialist support for remote management of heart failure (HF) is more effective in improving medical therapy and patients’ quality of life than digital home monitoring alone. Methods In a two-armed partially blinded parallel randomised [...]
Journal of Endocrine Society: Diabetes Telehealth Solutions: Improving Self-Management Through Remote Initiation of Continuous Glucose Monitoring The purpose of this study was to evaluate feasibility of initiating continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) through telehealth as a means of expanding access. Substantial benefits of CGM to quality of life were observed, with reduced diabetes distress, increased satisfaction [...]
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Using Telehealth to Expand Access to Essential Health Services during the COVID-19 Pandemic CDC issued guidance for healthcare systems, practices, and providers using telehealth services to provide virtual care during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. The guidance describes the landscape of telehealth services, provides strategies to increase telehealth uptake, and offers potential limitations of telehealth [...]
Guidance on Fraud and Anti-kickback Regulations from the HHS Inspector General In response to the public health emergency, leading provider organizations and the Alliance for Connected Care expressed interest in ensuring the ability of providers to waive co-pays or provide some telehealth services at no cost -- to encourage more seniors to access needed care. [...]