Introduction- The UAE has recently taken a groundbreaking step in mental health care with the implementation of Federal Law No. 10/2023 on Mental Health. The Mental Health Law prioritizes the rights of individuals...more
In recent years, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has expanded payment for remote monitoring services in an effort to pay for non-face-to-face services that improve care coordination for Medicare...more
Time’s up and pencils down! Comments on the calendar year (CY) 2024 physician fee schedule (PFS) proposed reg were due earlier this week. Now, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will have to review them and...more
Virtual primary care company HealthTap recently announced that it has partnered with Samsung to provide telehealth services through Samsung smart TVs. Users will be able to connect to the HealthTap platform and schedule a...more
This session will dive into the ways in which Telehealth is expected to evolve and continue, what is being done to improve user parity, best practices pertaining to patient disclosures and agreements, and how reimbursements...more
Remote patient monitoring (“RPM”) refers to the use of digital technologies to monitor and capture medical and other health data from an individual. This data is electronically stored for an individual’s personal use or...more
IN THIS ISSUE Home medical tests and health monitors are trendy now. How useful are they? As the saying goes: Let the buyer beware - Shaking up hidebound medicine could be a plus. But will key safeguards also stay?...more
Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) is real-time or near real-time evaluation of a patient’s clinical status outside of a traditional healthcare setting. RPM leverages wireless devices (e.g., weight scale, blood pressure...more
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved its 11th set of COVID-19 telehealth program applications, totaling $23.25 million for 62 providers. The FCC is approving applications on a rolling basis until it spends...more
The Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) established the COVID-19 Telehealth Program (the “Telehealth Program”) on April 2, 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Telehealth Program provides $200 million in...more
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) continues to churn out policy statements, guidance documents, and emergency use authorizations (EUAs) to address the COVID-19 public health emergency. At the outset of the pandemic in...more
At the same time as the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) adopted final rules to establish a multi-year telehealth pilot program entitled the “Connected Care Pilot Program,” the commission released a Report and Order,...more
On January 15, 2020, OIG issued Advisory Opinion No. 20-02 analyzing an arrangement between a pharmaceutical manufacturer and certain drug recipients whereby the manufacturer provides certain drug recipients with financial...more
In recent years, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has expanded coverage for remote patient monitoring (RPM) services under Medicare. RPM services include establishing, implementing, revising, and...more
Medicare reimbursement for remote patient monitoring has taken a number of steps forward throughout this year. New and proposed rules from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services both expand the billing options...more
On August 26, 2019, the Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to “better align” its substance use disorder...more
Virginia lawmakers have taken new steps to expand the use of remote patient monitoring among the State’s residents, with both the House and Senate unanimously passing bipartisan legislation ensuring that commercial health...more
On July 2, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published its annual proposed rule outlining both payment and policy changes for home health agencies. In a press release announcing the proposed rule, CMS...more
The Situation: In what may indicate a sea change in terms of who the Department of Justice ("DOJ") is willing to pursue in False Claims Act cases, a private equity firm has been named as a co-defendant in a False Claims Act...more
This is the first episode in a series focused on the legal issues surrounding the nationwide opioid crisis. To begin the series, Carla DewBerry discusses the laws and regulations impacting health care providers caring for...more