Bundled Payments

Telemedicine Adds Value to an Orthopedic Bundled Payment Plan

August 30, 2018 - For orthopedic practices looking to improve post-acute care, a bundled payment plan that incorporates telemedicine can reduce expenses and improve patient outcomes. But it takes careful planning to create a good bundle. “You’ve got to know the business,” says Stephen Lucey, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with Greensboro, N.C.-based...


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Home Health Provider Launches Telehealth Program for Physical Therapy

by Eric Wicklund

One of the nation’s largest home healthcare agencies is launching a remote patient monitoring program that uses telehealth to help post-acute care patients recover at home. Visiting Nurse...

mHealth’s Year in Review: From Texting to Wearables to Telehealth’s Tricks (And Treats)

by Eric Wicklund

Text messaging for physicians, telehealth’s tricky definitions and wearables topped the list of popular stories on mHealthIntelligence.com during the past year – and may offer readers a clue...

21st Century Cures Act to Boost Medicare Telehealth Use

by Jacqueline LaPointe

The 21st Century Cures Act, enacted earlier this week, may have been a win for drug approval process reform and additional scientific research funding advocates. But the legislation may also help to...

Can Telehealth Make Physical Therapy More Effective?

by Eric Wicklund

Duke University’s Clinical Research Institute has launched a new study to determine whether telehealth-based physical therapy works better than traditional therapy. Called VERITAS (Virtual...

Telehealth in the Spotlight as HHS Expands Bundled Payment Models

by Eric Wicklund

The proposed expansion of a bundled payment program may be a sign that federal officials are placing more confidence in telehealth as a standard of care. Health and Human Services Secrtary Sylvia M....

Does Remote Patient Monitoring Improve Access to Care?

by Vera Gruessner

The remote patient monitoring market is expected to gain strength throughout the healthcare industry, as more providers will continually track medical conditions by implementing new technologies in an...

Telehealth Benefits from $1 Billion in HHS, USDA Investments

by Jennifer Bresnick

Telehealth is now reaching more patients than ever before thanks to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), which have invested approximately $1...

New Geisinger Health Center Merges Telehealth, Genomics

by Jennifer Bresnick

Geisinger Health System is bringing telehealth into the future of precision medicine by making the technology integral to its new genetic research and counseling center.  The Precision Health...

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