Election Results Provide Certainty for ACA, Telehealth
What effect will the 2012 election results have on the future of telemedicine? According to a post-election webcast from American Telemedicine Association’s (ATA) Chief Executive Office Jonathan...
View ArticleTelemedicine Increasing Profits, Opportunities for St. Louis Hospital
Ask Nancy Nahlik what she thinks the possibilities for telemedicine might be at Missouri Baptist Medical Center, and her list will go on and on. The hospital business development manager envisions...
View ArticleNew proposed Medicare rules
CMS recently released its proposed Medicare rules for 2016. The proposed rules would add a telehealth CPT code for prolonged inpatient services and end stage renal disease. Additionally, the rules...
View ArticleMedicaid turns 50
This July, the Heartland Telehealth Resource Center (HTRC) salutes Medicare and Medicaid on its 50th anniversary. First signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on July 30th 1965, Medicare has...
View ArticleThree things to love about Oklahoma Medicaid’s expanded telehealth coverage
Starting September 1, Oklahoma Medicaid, also known as Sooner Care, will expand coverage of telemedicine thanks to the actions of the Oklahoma Health Care Authority (OHCA). Primary care coverage: For...
View ArticleMissouri legislators all in for telehealth
Missouri legislators are seeing the value of telehealth. With representatives from both houses of the state legislature in attendance at the Missouri Telehealth Summit in January, it was clear that...
View ArticleCMS’s new rule could mean transformation for Medicaid Home Health
Medicaid patients may soon have expanded access to home health care via telehealth. With little fanfare, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule in January that...
View ArticleNextGen ACOs to remove geographical telehealth restrictions
The Next Generation Accountable Care Organization (ACO) model is a new initiative from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Open to existing ACOs, CMS states that the new, NextGen...
View ArticleTelehealth is coming to a Missouri school near you
Over the past couple years, Missouri has made big strides toward embracing the benefits of telehealth. Legislators have passed bipartisan bills in support of expanding telehealth access, and Missouri...
View ArticleATA’s new report on Medicaid coverage: Regional breakdown
The American Telemedicine Association recently released an updated report on the status of telemedicine coverage and reimbursement for state Medicaid programs. Oklahoma was among nine states awarded an...
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