Tag: Telehealth
AASM pushes for permanent telehealth coverage
December 17, 2024HME News Staff
DARIEN, Ill. – The American Academy of Sleep Medicine has issued a new position statement calling for permanent telehealth coverage, emphasizing its essential role in providing high-quality, patient-centered care for individuals with sleep disorders.
The AASM says the position statement, published as an accepted paper in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, comes at a crucial turning point as current telehealth flexibilities implemented by the CMS in response to the COVID-19 public...
In brief: Medicare spending, OIG savings, telehealth flexibility, cath reviews
December 11, 2024HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – Medicare spent 27% more, on average, for people who were covered by traditional Medicare after disenrolling from Medicare Advantage than for people who were continuously covered by traditional Medicare, after adjusting for differences in health status and other characteristics, according to a new analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation.
This is a difference of $2,585 in Medicare spending per person, on average, between the two groups in 2022.
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AAH joins efforts to extend telehealth flexibilities
December 9, 2024HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – AAHomecare joined 62 other organizations and health care providers in asking congressional leadership to extend the telehealth flexibilities that are set to expire Dec. 31 for at least two additional years. “The flexible telehealth policies put in place following the public health emergency (PHE) have been nothing shy of a lifeline for millions of patients – they have increased virtual access to a wider array of clinicians and services, mitigated the clinician shortage,...
Telehealth use decreases
August 15, 2024HME News Staff
NEW YORK – Telehealth utilization decreased nationally and in every region but the West in May 2024, according to FAIR Health’s Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker. "We are happy to share these continuing windows into telehealth utilization as this venue of care evolves,” said Robin Gelburd, president of FAIR Health. “This is one of the many ways we pursue our health care transparency mission." Nationally, telehealth claim lines fell from 4.86 % of medical claim...
In brief: Inogen buy, UPitt grant, telehealth decrease
July 14, 2023HME News Staff
GOLETA, Calif. - Inogen has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Physio-Assist SAS, a privately held company based in France that makes a technology-enabled airway clearance device called Simeox, for $32 million.
Simeox has been cleared under CE mark in the EU and is currently being sold in Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
“This acquisition aligns with our strategy to diversify our portfolio to globally improve patient lives through respiratory care,” said...
Telehealth decreased in April
July 12, 2023HME News Staff
NEW YORK – National telehealth utilization decreased from 5.6% of medical claim lines in March to 5.3% in April, according to FAIR Health's Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker. In April, telehealth utilization also decreased in all four U.S. census regions—the Midwest (4.7%), Northeast (6.3%), South (6.8%) and West (6.4%). The data represent the privately insured population, including Medicare Advantage, and exclude Medicare Fee-for-Service and Medicaid. The top telehealth diagnosis...
As they say, watch this space
March 31, 2023Liz Beaulieu, Editor
As we were working on the April issue, Best Buy Health announced a new partnership with Atrium Health to provide remote patient monitoring, telehealth and patient management technology for the health system’s hospital-at-home program.
It turns out Atrium Health, which reportedly has the largest such program in the country, is just the tip of the iceberg.
Best Buy Health’s care-at-home solution, Current Health, also has partnerships with five of the 10 largest health...
Reaction to Best Buy Health partnerships: ‘HME companies must innovate’
March 31, 2023Liz Beaulieu, Editor
YARMOUTH, Maine – Best Buy Health’s recent partnerships with five of the 10 largest health systems to provide remote monitoring, telehealth and patient engagement services in the home is a sign the big box retailer is crossing over into HME territory, according to 77% of the respondents to a recent HME Newspoll.
Most recently, Best Buy, which acquired Current Health in 2021 and before that GreatCall in 2018, announced in March that it had a new partnership with Atrium Health,...
Masimo partners with health system to advance care
March 14, 2023HME News Staff
IRVINE, Calif., and PHILADELPHIA – Masimo and Temple Health have entered a strategic collaboration with an emphasis on advancing the forefront of remote patient monitoring and telehealth, as well as automating high quality care. The collaboration amy include the use of the Masimo W1 advanced health tracking watch; the Radius VSM tetherless, multimodal patient monitor; and Masimo Hospital Automation solutions like UniView, UniView:60, Halo ION and Sepsis Index for Patient SafetyNet. “We...
Masimo, Royal Philips expand RPM partnership
January 19, 2023HME News Staff
IRVINE, Calif. and ANDOVER, Mass. – Masimo and Royal Philips have announced an expansion of their partnership to augment remote patient monitoring capabilities in home telehealth applications with the Masimo W1 advanced health tracking watch.
“Expanding our partnership with Philips in this way is a win-win for patients and clinicians everywhere and is an important part of our multi-year plan to bring the best of hospital monitoring to the home, while continuing to improve access...