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Developing an FQHC or RHC Remote Patient Monitoring Program: 10 Things to Know

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Developing an FQHC or RHC Remote Patient Monitoring Program: 10 Things to Know

Developing an FQHC or RHC Remote Patient Monitoring Program: 10 Things to Know

Available on-demand webinar: Building Successful FQHC and RHC Remote Patient Monitoring Programs * * * The 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) final rule included news of great interest to federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) and rural health clinics (RHCs), with perhaps no developments bigger thanCMSfinalizing its policy to reimburse FQHCs and RHCs for remote patient monitoring and remote therapeutic monitoring services.

2024 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule: 5 Remote Care Highlights

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued its 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) final rule. Coming in at nearly 3,000 pages, the rule finalizes many significant additions and changes in areas including remote services, care management services, and preventive services. Below we highlightsome of the most notable developments.Prevounce CEO Daniel Tashnek, JD, will explorethese and other takeaways from the final rule during a webinar on Thursday, November 16, at 2:00 PM EST, which you can register for here.

CMS's Proposed Services for Health-Related Social Needs: What to Know

The 2024 physician fee schedule (PFS) proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) had a number of noteworthy proposals. Among them: three potential new care management services intended to help patients, including those with unmet social determinants of health (SDOH) needs and cancer, better navigate and overcome barriers to receiving services and support. These services, which CMS indicated it would pay for separately, are community health integration (CHI), principal illness navigation (PIN), and social determinants of health risk assessments.

CMS Proposes Changes to and Reaffirms Remote Monitoring Services

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service (CMS) has included numerous proposed changes and additions to remote monitoring and care management in its 2024 physician fee schedule (PFS) proposed rule. We explored the key changes and other important takeaways providers must know about from the proposed rule in a special webinar on July 25 (watch the on-demand recording).

CMS Proposes New 'Principal Illness Navigation' Service

In its 2024 physician fee schedule (PFS) proposed rule, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is proposing the development and reimbursement of a new service it's calling "principal illness navigation," or PIN.

New CMS Primary Care Model Goes Big On Chronic Care Management

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced a new voluntary primary care initiative that further demonstrates its intent to invest in and grow chronic care management (CCM).

New Medicare Chronic Care Service: Chronic Pain Management (CPM)

There were a number of significant changes affecting the delivery and billing of remote care management in the 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) final rule, as we covered in this webinar. One of them was the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalizing the coverage for chronic pain management and treatment services (CPM) — new services that were introduced in the 2023 Medicare PFS proposed rule.

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