The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) created a payment model purposed to increase the flexibility of emergency medical services in regards to treatment options of patients who call 911. Ambulance operators had to apply to be apart of the 5 year model, and in Februrary the selected applicants list was released, and included […]
How Care on Location is stepping up its capacity to provide you the care you need...where you need it during the COVID-19 crisis.
Care on Location, Acumentrics, and Colorado Coalition for the Homeless are in the news. See the Press Release here: https://www.acumentrics.com/news-events
Two surveys released this month by Definitive Healthcare show varying rates of adoption of telehealth between inpatient and outpatient settings. The inpatient survey showed that 85% of C-suite/IT Directors/VPs report use of telehealth technologies in 2019 compared to the 54% reported back in 2014. A significant jump in utilization. This adoption included both synchronous technologies like live […]
The doctor may be coming to you in an ambulance through the Emergency Triage, Treat, and Transport Program.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services(CMS) proposed three new billing codes that should go into effect January 1, 2020 to help combat the opioid epidemic. These codes will help improve access to opioid addiction treatment through telemedicine encounters. While the proposed codes are still in their comment period, it is expected that they will […]
Expanding rural health care access through deployment of telehealth equipment and services.
Telehealth is for patient convenience and cost-savings. We address patient concerns about telemedicine.
Medication Assisted Treatment - MAT will soon be available through telemedicine. While death rates from opioid overdoses, climb. This new method of treatment can help decrease the complication and death rate.
