CMS and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Bound Together by the Renin Angiotensin Aldosterone SystemThe recent epidemic of obesity has led to an increasing incidence of the cardiometabolic syndrome defined by the NCEP ATP III guidelines as a cluster of abdominal obesity, low HDL, high triglycerides, HTN,...
Remote Services (Diabetes, Medical Nutrition, Mental Health) CMS notes that the agency recognizes that for the past several years, through the public health emergency (PHE) for COVID-19 and several legislative extensions of PHE-related flexibilities for Medicare telehealth services, the agency h...
the retirement of two display measures (Antidepressant Medication Management (Part C) and Use of Opioid from Multiple Providers in Persons Without Cancer (OMP) (Part D)), and potential new measure concepts and methodological changes in future years for nine potential measures. ...
A generally healthy, active 68 year old with diabetes who is well informed about his condition and potential complications and who inspects his feet every night is not the same person as an 88 year old with diabetes, visual impairment, gait disturbance, and dementia. Trending: Tips for physi...
CMS also proposes to change some of the current administrative policies regarding FQHC reimbursement. Under the AIR system, FQHCs can bill for more than one visit if an illness or injury occurs subsequent to the patient’s initial visit or when mental health, diabetes self-management/medical nutr...
Use of a composite outcome measure of cardiovascular risk, which focused practices on a single clinical tool and outcome rather than discrete measures of hypertension, cholesterol, and diabetes control or broader approaches to care coordination and disease management. This shift may have ...
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Obesity is now clinically recognized as a disease, with a greater focus on other symptoms beyond weight management. According to the paper authors, there are direct links from obesity to cardiovascular disease (CVD), type 2 diabetes (T2D), liver disease, certain cancer types...
Building off of guidelines set by the American Medical Association’s Digital Medicine Payment Advisory Group over the past year, CMS has proposed the following CPT codes for RTM coverage: CPT code 989X1: Remote therapeutic monitoring (e.g., respiratory system status, musculoskeletal...
most often collected in the home setting, for the purpose of creating a care management plan related to a chronic or acute health condition. CMS created new codes for RPM services in 2019 and 2020 and has tweaked its guidelines for services delivered under general supervision for ...