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CMS Launches WISeR Model to Curb Overuse of Medicare Services

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is looking to reduce the volume of "low value" services furnished to Original Medicare beneficiaries through the recently announced Wasteful and Inappropriate Service...more

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AI Summit panelists offer tips for obtaining reimbursement for innovative health care technology

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Hogan Lovells and the AI Health Care Coalition recently hosted their fourth annual AI Health Law & Policy Summit, where thought leaders and policymakers gathered to discuss a variety of topics including reimbursement issues...more

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How the Health Tech Investment Act Could Reshape Medicare Reimbursement for Algorithm-Based Services

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As AI transforms medicine, some of the most promising healthcare innovations are at risk of exclusion by Medicare’s outdated and complex reimbursement structures. The Health Tech Investment Act, or S. 1399, introduced in...more

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New Federal Initiatives Signal Digital Health Access as a Key Priority

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Recent activity among lawmakers and federal agencies signal that the government may be poised to undertake meaningful legislative and administrative efforts to harness the potential of digital health innovation and to expand...more

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AI Health Law & Policy: Health Tech Investment Act would create AI-enabled device Medicare payment pathway

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U.S. Senate Artificial Intelligence Caucus co-chairs Mike Rounds (R-SD) and Martin Heinrich (D-NM) recently introduced S. 1399, the “Health Tech Investment Act,” which would establish a Medicare reimbursement pathway for...more

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Medicare Telehealth Gets Another Temporary Lifeline – Will Congress Make it Permanent?

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On March 15, 2025, President Trump signed a continuing resolution to avert a government shutdown, which included a critical six-month extension of Medicare telehealth flexibilities through September 30, 2025. This six-month...more

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CMS Proposes Guidance on Use of Real World Data for Coverage with Evidence Development

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Real world data (RWD), which is data from actual patient treatments, provides valuable information on safety and effectiveness of innovative new health technologies, often at significantly lower cost than evidence generated...more

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Transitional Coverage for Emerging Technologies: CMS’s Latest, But Not Necessarily Greatest, Coverage with Evidence Approach

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On August 7, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS” or the “Agency”) issued a final procedural notice (“Notice”) outlining a new Medicare coverage pathway, aimed at achieving timelier and predictable access...more

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Health Care Week in Review: Biden Administration Issued Final Rule on Fees for IDR Process Under NSA; W&M Democrats Release Report...

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Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in health care regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies,...more

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Remote Monitoring and Digital Therapies: CMS Updates Coverage and Payment Policies

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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

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Top 5 Rules for Medicare 2024 Remote Patient Monitoring and Remote Therapeutic Monitoring: What Companies Need to Know

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On November 2, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized new policies related to remote physiologic monitoring (RPM) and remote therapeutic monitoring (RTM) services reimbursed under the Medicare...more

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A Pathway for Medicare Coverage for Breakthrough Devices: Take Two

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On June 27, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS” or the “Agency”) issued a “Notice with Comment Period” (“Notice”) describing a new process for providing expedited Medicare coverage for certain eligible...more

Kerr Russell

Telemedicine in Michigan: 2021

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The COVID-19 pandemic continues to demonstrate the importance and effectiveness of telemedicine as a means of providing patients with access to safe and quality medical care through the use of technology... Originally...more

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Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Expands Telehealth Coverage

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The 2021 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) final rule recently released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) includes the addition of 60 new telehealth services that will be covered and reimbursed by Medicare. The...more

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CMS Continues to Support Telehealth and Virtual Care Policies in the CY 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule

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On December 1, 2020, CMS released the Calendar Year (CY) 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Final Rule (Final Rule), which includes several policies to extend or make permanent certain policies to support expanded...more

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CMS Finally Proposes a Regulatory Definition of Medically "Reasonable and Necessary"

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It has taken CMS more than 50 years, but the agency has finally proposed a regulatory definition for determining whether an item or service is "reasonable and necessary" for Medicare coverage purposes. Medicare Program;...more

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