On Sept. 15, rheumatology advocates met virtually with members of Congress to share personal accounts of how telehealth is making a difference during the COVID-19 pandemic and what will help stem a workforce shortage.... [Read More]
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Commercial Insurers Extend Coverage for Telehealth Services
The ACR has created a chart of temporary changes to commercial payers’ telehealth policies that make it easier for physicians and patients to connect without the need for an office visit.... [Read More]
CMS Relaxes Telehealth Restrictions
President Trump announced that CMS will broaden access to telehealth services during the COVID-19 pandemic. The CMS published a fact sheet outlining the types of visits that will be covered, the providers eligible to use the expanded services and coding considerations. The ACR is working with other specialty societies and the AMA to provide additional… [Read More]
Telehealth Is Helping the Underserved
For many uninsured and underinsured patients in Yuba City, Calif., seeing a rheumatologist used to mean taking a day off from work and driving 108 miles, roundtrip, to the University of California Davis Medical Center. That changed this year when patients were offered the option of having a telemedicine consultation with a rheumatologist as part… [Read More]
U.S. Telehealth Industry Eyes Medicare for Its Next Big Check
(Reuters)—After years of lobbying in Washington, U.S. telehealth providers have the first hints that the dam could break on public funding for an industry they say could save taxpayers billions. Four bills that could be signed into law over the next year carry the solutions to barriers that have prevented the U.S.s’ huge over-65 health… [Read More]
Telehealth Extends Rheumatologists’ Reach
In many regions, rheumatologists are scarce. But telemedicine offers rheumatologists the ability to treat patients who have difficulty accessing care. A panel at the 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting addressed the exciting prospects offered and ways to overcome its challenges…... [Read More]
Telehealth Visits May Be an Option After Surgery
(Reuters Health)—People may happily, and safely, forgo in-person doctors’ visits after surgery by opting instead for talking with their surgeons by phone or video, suggests a small study of U.S. veterans. Most patients preferred the virtual visits and the doctors didn’t miss any infections that popped up after surgery, the researchers report in JAMA Surgery…. [Read More]
Extreme & Uncontrollable Circumstances Policy Will Apply to All MIPS-Eligible Clinicians 2021
The final rule, issued Nov. 2, finalizes many proposed policies, including a decreased conversion factor, billing for shared visits and teaching services, continuation of telehealth services and inclusion of an ACR-led Merit-Based Incentive Payment System Value Pathway.... [Read More]
ACR Overview of 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule
The final rule, issued Nov. 2, finalizes many policies in the July proposed rule, including the decreased conversion factor, billing for shared visits and teaching services, the continuation of telehealth services and inclusion of an ACR-led Merit-Based Incentive Payment System Value Pathway. ... [Read More]
Policy Change Made Reality in 2021
After a year marked with rheumatology gains in evaluation and management valuation, as well as quality reporting, ongoing ACR efforts target impending Medicare reimbursement cuts and other practice challenges.... [Read More]
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