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The agency's first coordinated action against individuals using business email compromise and money laundering schemes to target healthcare payers uncovered $11.1 million diverted from Medicare, Medicaid programs, private health insurers and others.
It's the latest health system to embrace the idea that patients with "certain acute conditions can be treated in the comfort of their home with the same level of care and monitoring they would receive within the walls of our hospitals."
The online educational events taking place during Telehealth Awareness Week explore strategies and tactics that improve access to quality telemedicine services.
The collaboration will start in 2023 with 15 Walmart Health locations in Florida and Georgia, and will expand into new geographies over time.
By adding in-home medical care and a value-based platform for providers, CVS continues its push to expand its primary care offerings and extend that care outside provider settings.
The collaboration will use the FHIR Accelerator CodeX to enable automation between payers and providers, with the goal of improving access to radiation treatment for cancer patients.
Researchers found remote patient monitoring use among Medicare beneficiaries increased from 91 claims per 100,000 enrollees in February 2020 to 594 claims per 100,000 enrollees in September 2021.
With a House bill that would extend Medicare telehealth flexibilities through 2024 set to be debated this week, the American Telemedicine Association is asking policymakers to safeguard two other key provisions.
The proposed rule seeks to expand behavioral healthcare access, Accountable Care Organizations, cancer screenings and dental care.
The transaction, meant to bolster Evolent's value-based specialty care offerings, could eventually be worth an extra $87 million, depending on future performance milestones.