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RemoteICU sues HHS for not reimbursing for telehealth provided by physicians outside of the country
The Medicare Act “prohibits Medicare payment for services that are not furnished within the United States,” according to the filing.
Automating ‘high level’ healthcare tasks can create high value savings
The massive amount of data available in healthcare makes it a prime area for artificial intelligence and machine learning automation.
Lifespan, Care New England and Brown University agree to form an academic health system
Attempts to merge these health systems date back years, but up until now, the deal never went through.
CMS issues billing codes for Eli Lilly’s COVID-19 antibody treatment
Similar to the COVID-19 vaccine, Medicare will cover these infusions for the duration of the public health emergency.
Methodist Hospital of Southern California uses automated contact tracing to contain COVID-19
Contact tracing is a key strategy to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, but for a virus with high transmission rates and large numbers of asymptomatic carriers, traditional methods can fall short.
As was the case at Methodist Hospital of Southern Califor…
Hospital price-setting would have the most impact in reducing healthcare spending
Although RAND said price regulation is the most effective way to reduce spending, the researchers said this method has the most opposition.
