[video] Rapid-Fire Questions about Remote Monitoring and Virtual Care Management

Remote MonitoringKaitlyn O'Connor and Reema TanejaFebruary 28, 2022RTM, RPM, cpt codes

Webinar Replay: Virtual Care Management Codes in the 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule

If you missed our most anticipated webinar of the year, be sure to catch the replay!

IMMEDIATE UPDATE: The Supreme Court Allows CMS’s Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination Interim Final Rule to Continue and Halts OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard

On January 13, 2022, in response to numerous legal challenges premised on the lack or abuse of executive authority.

Corporate Healthcare LawFaisal KhanJanuary 13, 2022osha, COVID-19, CMS, scotus

Tips on a Successful 510(K) Submission for Smaller Companies

Remote Monitoring, FDAMark Mansour, Esq.January 13, 2022medical device, software as a medical device, Remote Monitoring, FDA, 510(k), medical device approval pathway

WEBINAR: New Remote Therapeutic Monitoring and Virtual Care Management Codes in the 2022 MPFS: Everything you need to know

We're back with our most-anticipated webinar of the year! If you are interested in leveraging the new RTM codes or learning more about expanded CCM and PCM reimbursement opportunities in the 2022 MPFS, join us on January 19th!

2022 Trends and Opportunities for Healthcare and Life Sciences Businesses and Investors

Find out what Healthcare and Life Sciences businesses and investors anticipate for the healthcare industry in 2022.

Pharmacy Innovation Series: the DEA Steps into Telepharmacy Regulation

For the first time, the Drug Enforcement Agency (“DEA”) is becoming directly involved in the telepharmacy space, an industry that the DEA has not previously regulated aside from the loose application of its existing regulations governing online pharmacies. Find out what this means for your business and how you can submit comments to the DEA directly in this post.

How RPM Companies Can Leverage the New Remote Therapeutic Monitoring CPT Codes Expected in 2022

With these new RTM codes set to go into effect January 1, 2022, RPM vendors already in the remote monitoring arena should start preparing now for how they can take advantage of this new reimbursement opportunity.

3 Practical Steps to Better Protect Your Healthcare Business (and Reputation) from Data Breaches

Data is rapidly becoming one of the most valuable assets in the healthcare market, putting digital health companies that collect and process large amounts of personal data at higher risk than many other types of businesses. If you have a healthcare business, then you’ll want to keep reading…

PrivacyKathrin (Kat) LozahNovember 15, 2021privacy and security, data privacy, HIPAA, data breach, GDPR, compliance

3 Key Challenges Facing Tele-dentistry Companies and How to Approach Them

Dentistry is one of a number of clinical specialties that is taking a creative and innovative approach to delivering care using digital health tools. Most of us are now familiar with Byte, SmileDirectClub, and Candid—these companies are pioneers in the space. However, tele-dentistry has far more potential applications than retail clear aligner services. Tele-dentistry entrepreneurs are building solutions for remote examination of sore or swollen teeth and gums, screening for certain oral diseases and cancers, mobile dental hygiene, dental hygiene education, and more.

Telehealth in the 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule: Audio-Only Telehealth for Mental Health Made Permanent, and CMS Punts on Remote Direct Supervision

On November 2, 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) finalized the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for Calendar Year 2022 (the “Final 2022 MPFS” or the “Final Rule”). As we noted in our July article discussing the Proposed 2022 MPFS, CMS made some significant proposed changes to allow for audio-only telehealth in some limited circumstances. In addition, the agency also proposed to enable remote “direct supervision,” which would allow practitioners to supervise clinical staff billing incident to their services as long as they could be available by audio/video communication as necessary.

Biden Administration Requires Vaccination for Medicare and Medicaid Certified Providers/Suppliers by January 2022: CMS Issues its Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination Interim Final Rule

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination Interim Final Rule (IFR) on November 4, 2021, the same day the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued its COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS). The IFR and ETS complement each other, with both aimed at furthering the Biden Administration’s goal of vaccinating the entire United States healthcare workforce to ensure capacity to serve local and national healthcare needs, the safety of the workforce and patients, and to reduce the risk of continued COVID-19 transmission. Both rules are effective November 5, 2021.

Corporate Healthcare LawFaisal KhanNovember 5, 2021COVID-19, vaccine, medicaid, Medicare

Additional Reimbursement for Chronic Care Management and Principal Care Management Finalized in the 2022 MPFS

In the Final Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (“MPFS”) for 2022 (the “Final Rule”) issued on November 2, 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) added five new CPT codes in the categories of Chronic Care Management (“CCM”) and Principal Care Management (“PCM”) and increased reimbursement for already existing codes in the same categories. Despite stakeholder feedback, CMS refrained from making any changes to the existing rules for obtaining beneficiary consent for CCM and PCM.

Under 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, Physician Assistants Will Be Paid Directly for Services

On November 2, 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released its Final Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for 2022 (the “Final 2022 MPFS”), revising certain payment policies for services provided to Medicare beneficiaries by healthcare practitioners. These policies take effect on January 1, 2022.

New Reimbursement for Remote Therapeutic Monitoring in the Final 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule

This article examines the new CPT codes for Remote Therapeutic Monitoring as finalized for reimbursement in the 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, discussing key takeaways and implications for digital health and remote patient monitoring companies.

[Webinar Replay] The Top 3 Privacy Concerns for Digital Health Innovators

Discover how Privacy compliance impacts Digital Health Startup founders and executives in terms of access to capital and securing key vendor agreements in this webinar replay. You may not have ever looked at Privacy this way before, and we encourage you to explore this perspective so you can close those critical deals without unnecessary delay.

What New Jersey Telehealth and Virtual Care companies need to know about the October 15 registration deadline *Note: Deadline extended to January 3, 2022*

TelehealthChristy Peek, Esq.September 30, 2021virtual care, new jersey, NJ, Telehealth, Telemedicine

[video] Digital Health Innovators: Does your solution qualify as Software as a Medical Device (SaMD)?

If you’re in the Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) or Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM) space, then you’ll want to understand the criteria and opportunities for qualifying as Software as a Medical Device (SaMD)

Remote Therapeutic Monitoring in the 2022 MPFS: How CMS Can (and Should) Get it Right

This is our take on the approach CMS should follow in improving and finalizing the RTM codes and associated reimbursement that improve patient outcomes and lower the overall cost of care. It is based on our extensive work with remote patient monitoring and care management digital health companies along with the physician practices who use the existing care management codes – including Remote Patient Monitoring (“RPM”), Chronic Care Management, Principal Care Management, and Behavioral Health Integration.