CMS: New Dementia Care Program Will Pay For Telehealth

CMS told Inside TeleHealth it expects nearly all the services available through its new at-home dementia care program could be provided via telehealth and the new monthly Medicare payments for the program will likely pay for telehealth and technology. CMS’ innovation center last Monday (July 31) unveiled a new eight-year dementia care model aimed at delaying long-term nursing home care for the population by paying providers to offer people with dementia and their home and community-based caregivers access to...