by | Healthcare, Long-Term Post-Acute Care, Telehealth
On April 13th of this year, the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) revealed a significant telehealth update as they granted a 90-day transition period for healthcare providers to comply with Health Insurance Portability and Accountability (HIPAA) regarding telehealth... 
by | Healthcare, Medicare, Telehealth
On December 29, 2022, President Joe Biden signed the year-end $1.7 trillion Omnibus bill designed to extend telehealth services and hospital-at-home waivers for another two years. This legislation aims to avoid a government shutdown in hopes of providing numerous... 
by | Healthcare, Long-Term Post-Acute Care, Medicare, Telehealth
With President Biden’s declaration that “the pandemic is over” just last month, many PALTC professionals grew concerned about the state of the public health emergency that has been in effect since 2020. After all, the end of the PHE would leave... 
by | SNFConnect, Telehealth
There is no doubt that COVID-19 has changed the ways in which care is delivered, and this shift has subsequently highlighted the inefficiencies and inequities that exist within US healthcare delivery. Healthcare systems have had no choice but to leverage technology... 
by Saisystems International | CMS, Long-Term Post-Acute Care, Medicare, Telehealth
On July 30, Sens. John Thune (R-SD) and Ben Cardin (D-MD), members of the Senate Finance Committee, and Reps. Adrian Smith (R-NE) and Ann Kuster (D-NH) reintroduced companion versions of the Reducing Unnecessary Senior Hospitalizations (RUSH) Act of 2021, bipartisan,... 
by Saisystems International | Long-Term Post-Acute Care, Post-Acute Long-Term Care, SNFConnect, Telehealth, TheSNFist™ Suite
After a slow-down in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, practice consolidation and mergers are expected to rise again in 2021, reaching 447 deals in March 2021*. Long-term care remains in the top 10 most active sectors in healthcare transactions to date. Practice...