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Date: Jun 2023
Evaluates Medicare payment issues and provides recommendations to the U.S. Congress. Chapter 7 presents a report on the use, payment, and quality of telehealth services that Medicare pays for separately under the physician fee schedule (PFS). Also includes chapters on the cost of drugs covered under Medicare Part B, postsale rebates for prescription drugs in Medicare Part D, standardized benefits in Medicare Advantage plans, future directions for Medicare Advantage payment policy, disparities in outcomes for beneficiaries with different social risks, Medicare behavioral health services, the alignment of fee-for-service payment rates across ambulatory settings, and the evaluation of a post-acute care prospective payment system prototype.
...telehealth services that Medicare pays for separately under the physician fee schedule (PFS). Also includes...
Date: Sep 2023
Comment on the August 7, 2023, Federal Register proposed rule revising the physician fee schedule to improve payment systems for physicians and other Medicare Part B revisions. Includes discussions on payment rates for Medicare telehealth services; the Medicare Shared Savings Program, including regional adjustments; incorporating Medicare Advantage data into public reporting; and more.
...telehealth services; the Medicare Shared Savings Program, including regional adjustments; incorporating Medicare Advantage data into...
Date: Aug 2023
Identifies needs regarding broadband access in Pennsylvania, affordability, and adoption. Outlines goals, practical strategies, and substantive actions to support rural and underserved communities, including adoption of telehealth.
...including adoption of telehealth. 08/2023 Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development Access · Broadband · Telehealth · Pennsylvania...
Date: Sep 2024
Presents a study highlighting the lessons learned from opioid use treatment programs operating during the COVID-19 pandemic. Explores the impact of the pandemic on treatment services. Discusses the use of telehealth for both counseling and medication prescribing, as well as the challenges faced by patients trying to obtain treatment during the pandemic.
...telehealth for both counseling and medication prescribing, as well as the challenges faced by patients...
Date: Sep 2022
Comment on a July 29, 2022, Federal Register proposed rule revising the physician fee schedule to improve payment systems for physicians and other Medicare Part B revisions. Includes a discussion of the coverage of certain telehealth services after the COVID-19 public health emergency, as well as rebasing and revising the Medicare Economic Index (MEI).
...telehealth services after the COVID-19 public health emergency, as well as rebasing and revising...
Date: Sep 2022
Comments on a July 26, 2022, Federal Register proposed rule revising the Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Medicare Ambulatory Surgical Center (ACS) payment system for calendar year 2023. Includes considerations for payment for 340B drugs, additional facility payments for Rural Emergency Hospitals, telehealth rehabilitation services beyond the COVID-19 public health emergency, and more.
...telehealth rehabilitation services beyond the COVID-19 public health emergency, and more. --- MedPAC Comment on CMS's Proposed...
Date: Jan 2024
The House Committee on Veterans' Affairs full committee oversight hearing discusses rural veteran's access to healthcare through the VA. Features a discussion of the VA's role as both a healthcare provider and a payer via its Community Care Program. Highlights technological challenges related to telehealth, such as lack of broadband connections and technological literacy of older veterans. Presents testimony from the VA, the Government Accountability Office, the Navajo Nation, and veteran advocacy groups, among others.
...telehealth, such as lack of broadband connections and technological literacy of older veterans. Presents testimony...
Date: Dec 2020
Describes how a lack of internet access may negatively impact access to healthcare. Features data and statistics on internet access, with information broken down by race/ethnicity, age, poverty level, insurance status and type, and metropolitan/nonmetropolitan location. Discusses COVID-19 and how social distancing measures have led to increased implementation of telehealth, resulting in additional challenges accessing healthcare among people with little to no internet connectivity.
...telehealth, resulting in additional challenges accessing healthcare among people with little to no internet connectivity...
Date: Mar 2022
Bipartisan report summarizing findings from three Senate Finance Committee hearings and a request for information regarding challenges in the mental healthcare system. Describes the prevalence of behavioral health conditions in the United States, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and spending on behavioral health. Outlines key challenges across five cross-cutting areas: the behavioral health workforce; children, adolescents, and young adults; access to care, integration, and care coordination; mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) parity; and telehealth. Includes information on challenges facing rural and underserved communities.
...telehealth. Includes information on challenges facing rural and underserved communities. --- Mental Health Care in the United...
Added: Nov 14, 2022
Learn about historical infectious disease outbreaks and how rural communities can prepare for, respond to, and recover from future infectious disease outbreaks.
...Telehealth – During the COVID-19 pandemic, expanded access and increased use of telehealth services helped...