Posts tagged health tech
Breakthrough Devices: CMS Removes Hurdles and Increases Payments for New Technology Add-On Payments Under the IPPS Final Rule

Hospitals and medical device manufacturers will both benefit from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) finalization of the 2020 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Final Rule (“Final Rule”) scheduled to be published on August 16, 2019.  In an effort to increase Medicare beneficiaries’ access to innovative medical technologies, CMS has finalized certain changes to the “new technology add-on payment” “(NTAP) application and payment processes under the Final Rule. This change is likely to encourage hospital adoption of new technologies, which is intended to spur innovation and additional investment in these technologies.

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The Most Exciting Technologies Being Used in Patient Recovery

Seemingly every industry is being shaken up by a wide variety of emerging technologies, and physical therapy is no different. The field is seeing a number of important developments that change how practitioners approach both diagnosing and treating patients. 

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The New California Privacy Law: Why healthcare tech companies in every state need to pay attention!

Many digital health technology companies have customers from multiple, or even all, states  accessing their software and services. If these health tech companies have California customers, then starting in January 2020, they may need to abide by the California Consumer Privacy Act.

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