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Breaking News: 2018 MPFS Proposed Rule

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Jul 14th, 2017
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a proposed rule to address changes to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) and other Medicare Part B payment policies for 2018 and beyond. Provisions of the Proposed Rule for PFS CMS is proposing for the MPFS in 2018 potentially misvalued codes; values for new, revised, and ...
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Teladoc Purchases Best Doctors Assuring Large Telemedicine Footprint

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Jun 21st, 2017
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Telehealth company Teladoc purchased the giant physician consulting firm Best Doctors for $440 million, adding the company’s network of 50,000 specialists to its stable of 3,100 providers. Teladoc already provides 20 million members access to healthcare via the Internet. It also provides services to businesses as part of their benefit packages. Best Doctors provides patients, providers, ...
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Draft Telehealth Measures Issued by National Quality Forum

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Jun 19th, 2017
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Telehealth is having such a great year being implemented the National Quality Forum (NQF)  issued a report outlining a measure framework with a list of measure concepts and standards for future measurement. With  Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) and MIPS quality measures being implemented and refined, the long-evolving telehealth technologies are now ...
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FCC: Telehealth Not Always Available to Rural Chronically Ill

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Jun 15th, 2017
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The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Connect2Health task force has updated its data of on-line access for chronically ill, rural Americans. The news isn’t encouraging. In Mapping Broadband Health in America, the FCC identified additional rural/urban gaps in care, especially for a growing number of chronically ill  patients whose nearby medical facilities have closed. The initia...
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Telehealth Crossing Its Last Frontier in Texas

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May 18th, 2017
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After years of litigation, telehealth may soon be fully implemented in Texas. Legislation moving through the statehouse in Austin will legalize the “modern form” of telehealth. Texas is the last state to legalize the computerized service available in the rest of the country. If this bill is signed into law, patients will be able to ...
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