Remove Accountability Remove Medicare Remove Rehabilitation
article thumbnail

Deep dive: Exploring one of the most advanced telemedicine programs in the U.S.

Healthcare It News

While there are privacy, security and regulatory expectations (for example, the Joint Commission, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services , private insurance) for telemedicine programs, there is not yet an official group evaluating or designating maturity levels for these programs.

article thumbnail

How CommonSpirit Reduced Medicare Spending by $136M

Home Health Care

CommonSpirit Health carved out $136 million in savings to Medicare for 2020, while also improving overall outcomes for hundreds of thousands of beneficiaries, the company recently announced. CommonSpirit Health is a participant in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP), which began back in 2012 after being designed by the U.S.

Medicare 111
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

‘The Patient Pays The Price’: Home Health Stakeholders Slam Medicare Advantage Plans As CMS Comment Period Closes

Home Health Care

Medicare Advantage (MA) – the offshoot of traditional Medicare that’s administered by private insurance companies – has recently caught a lot of flak. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has been collecting feedback on the MA program through a request for information (RFI) process.

Medicare 107
article thumbnail

A virtual speech therapy trailblazer offers a deep dive into this telehealth treatment

Healthcare It News

At the other end of the age range, speech therapists can provide virtual care to seniors and Medicare Advantage enrollees nationwide. Today, virtual speech therapy programs strengthen the health plan’s range and depth of services for members enrolled in both commercial and Medicare Advantage.

article thumbnail

Industry Fragmentation Has Left Home Health Providers ‘Exploited’ by Medicare Advantage

Home Health Care

The highly fragmented home health industry has turned providers into commodities, at least in the eyes of Medicare Advantage (MA) organizations. Because there are so many providers looking to make managed care inroads, the rates home health operators receive from MA sources are typically far below what they get from fee-for-service Medicare.

article thumbnail

‘Patients Hung Out To Dry’: Report Shows Insurers Significantly Increase Rate Of Denials For Post-Acute Care

Home Health Care

The Senate Homeland Security Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI) released a report on Thursday revealing that the nation’s three largest Medicare Advantage (MA) insurers have significantly increased the rate at which they denied seniors’ post-acute care from 2020 to 2023. Founded in 1966, the Washington D.C.-based

article thumbnail

June 2023 MedPAC Report to the Congress: Medicare and the Health Care Delivery System

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) has released its June 2023 Report to the Congress: Medicare and the Health Care Delivery System. You may go to our website at www.medpac.gov to view the 10 chapters of the report, or follow the links below.