web02.fireside.fm Mon, 25 May 2026 20:51:51 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) https://www.masteringmedicare.net/tags/telemedicine Wed, 13 May 2020 09:00:00 -0400 What's the difference between Home Health and Home Care? How do Medicare Part A and Part B work? How do you order DME for your patient? When and how should you order home oxygen? What's new in the eldercare space? For physicians, other healthcare professionals, and senior-serving professionals, interacting with Medicare can be complicated and wrought with pitfalls, which, if not understood and managed, will mire your practice in endless paperwork and frustration. We interview industry experts in every aspect of healthcare, from insurance companies, DME companies, home health agencies, medical providers, and many others, to bring you their real world expertise in the American healthcare system. Your hosts are Dr. Amy Schiffman and Dr. Alex Mohseni, two Emergency Medicine physicians who have branched off from traditional Emergency Medicine to explore and build solutions with a particular focus on eldercare and population health. Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/602747270479020/ Join our Subscriber List and get exclusive access to our Mastering Medicare Cheat Sheet and other goodies: https://www.masteringmedicare.net/subscribe en-us episodic Demystifying healthcare and Medicare for senior-serving professionals and providers. Mastering Medicare What's the difference between Home Health and Home Care? How do Medicare Part A and Part B work? How do you order DME for your patient? When and how should you order home oxygen? What's new in the eldercare space? For physicians, other healthcare professionals, and senior-serving professionals, interacting with Medicare can be complicated and wrought with pitfalls, which, if not understood and managed, will mire your practice in endless paperwork and frustration. We interview industry experts in every aspect of healthcare, from insurance companies, DME companies, home health agencies, medical providers, and many others, to bring you their real world expertise in the American healthcare system. Your hosts are Dr. Amy Schiffman and Dr. Alex Mohseni, two Emergency Medicine physicians who have branched off from traditional Emergency Medicine to explore and build solutions with a particular focus on eldercare and population health. Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/602747270479020/ Join our Subscriber List and get exclusive access to our Mastering Medicare Cheat Sheet and other goodies: https://www.masteringmedicare.net/subscribe no elder care, eldercare, Medicare, Medicaid, healthcare, senior care, senior, seniors, senior-serving professionals, medical care, insurance company Mastering Medicare alex@masteringmedicare.net https://www.masteringmedicare.net/11 9c54d87f-277e-4391-9f31-253f86359432 Wed, 13 May 2020 09:00:00 -0400 Mastering Medicare full Mastering Medicare Mastering Medicare is a podcast helping demystify healthcare and Medicare for senior-serving professionals and providers. 29:45 no <p>With COVID-19 causing lots of seniors to be stuck at home and not be able to access the medical care that they need, Alex decides to start his own medical practice to serve this population. Alex chronicles everything he's doing to start this practice and gets Amy's help in figuring out lots of the details and issues. In this episode Alex and Amy discuss Medicare enrollment for individuals, organizations and employee providers, deploying Athenahealth EMR, and getting the first patients. Alex's <a href="https://www.canarydoc.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Medicare telemedicine practice is called Canary Doctor</a>. <br> Dr. Alex Mohseni and Dr. Amy Schiffman are two Emergency Medicine doctors who are the hosts of MasteringMedicare.net, a podcast helping unearth the secrets of Medicare for healthcare providers and senior-serving professionals. <br> Video version of episode: <a href="https://youtu.be/MeRWrKF6eno" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://youtu.be/MeRWrKF6eno</a> </p> Medicare, healthcare, physician, medical, senior care, eldercare, elder care, elder, seniors, practice, EMR, RCM With COVID-19 causing lots of seniors to be stuck at home and not be able to access the medical care that they need, Alex decides to start his own medical practice to serve this population. Alex chronicles everything he's doing to start this practice and gets Amy's help in figuring out lots of the details and issues. In this episode Alex and Amy discuss Medicare enrollment for individuals, organizations and employee providers, deploying Athenahealth EMR, and getting the first patients. Alex's Medicare telemedicine practice is called Canary Doctor.
Dr. Alex Mohseni and Dr. Amy Schiffman are two Emergency Medicine doctors who are the hosts of MasteringMedicare.net, a podcast helping unearth the secrets of Medicare for healthcare providers and senior-serving professionals.
Video version of episode: https://youtu.be/MeRWrKF6eno

]]> With COVID-19 causing lots of seniors to be stuck at home and not be able to access the medical care that they need, Alex decides to start his own medical practice to serve this population. Alex chronicles everything he's doing to start this practice and gets Amy's help in figuring out lots of the details and issues. In this episode Alex and Amy discuss Medicare enrollment for individuals, organizations and employee providers, deploying Athenahealth EMR, and getting the first patients. Alex's Medicare telemedicine practice is called Canary Doctor.
Dr. Alex Mohseni and Dr. Amy Schiffman are two Emergency Medicine doctors who are the hosts of MasteringMedicare.net, a podcast helping unearth the secrets of Medicare for healthcare providers and senior-serving professionals.
Video version of episode: https://youtu.be/MeRWrKF6eno

]]> https://www.masteringmedicare.net/6 b474b463-3073-4d59-8a8a-142dc670d155 Fri, 20 Mar 2020 09:00:00 -0400 Mastering Medicare full Mastering Medicare Mastering Medicare is a podcast helping demystify healthcare and Medicare for senior-serving professionals and providers. 1:10:05 no <p>Alex and Amy discuss telemedicine and RPM (remote patient monitoring) in the COVID-19 Era. Medicare has published new rules for telemedicine to help cope with the novel coronavirus epidemic. Medicare also published new rules for RPM that went live Jan 1 of 2020. These rules create valuable opportunities for medical providers, especially with COVID-19 quarantine and isolation requirements. <br> We discuss:<br> appreciation for our emergency medicine colleagues<br> original medicare telemedicine telemedicine requirements<br> Medicare telemedicine geography requirement<br> Medicare telemedicine originating site requirement<br> COVID19 Medicare telemedicine reimbursement updates<br> HHS won't audit preexisting relationship rule, but what about MACs?<br> Provider licensure requirements for telemedicine<br> <a href="https://www.cchpca.org/sites/default/files/2020-01/Billing%20Guide%20for%20Telehealth%20Encounters_FINAL.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Fee for service telemedicine billing guide</a><br> Home health telemedicine<br> RPM (Remote Patient Monitoring) COVID19<br> Connection between real estate tax code and healthcare opportunities<br> Why is Medicare paying for RPM<br> How does remote monitoring work<br> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/medicare-now-pays-concierge-medicine-subscription-fees-alex-mohseni/?trackingId=sIjYed4wsIb9nGMn0rorQg%3D%3D" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Alex's Concierge Medicine RPM article</a><br> How much does RPM pay<br> Medicare eVisit non-face-to-face encounters<br> Role of RPM with addressing loneliness in seniors<br> Some states' Medicaid programs pay for RPM<br> Kudos to Dr. Blake McKinney from <a href="https://www.cirrusmd.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">CirrusMD</a><br> Telemedicine pictures need to be treated like radiology films<br> <a href="https://accuhealth.tech/en/home" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Accuhealth RPM website</a><br> Email us at <a href="mailto:amy@masteringmedicare.net" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">amy@masteringmedicare.net</a> or <a href="mailto:alex@masteringmedicare.net" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">alex@masteringmedicare.net</a> for our RPM Workbook </p> Medicare, healthcare, physician, medical, senior care, eldercare, elder care, elder, seniors, RPM, remote patient monitoring, covid19, telemedicine, telemonitoring Alex and Amy discuss telemedicine and RPM (remote patient monitoring) in the COVID-19 Era. Medicare has published new rules for telemedicine to help cope with the novel coronavirus epidemic. Medicare also published new rules for RPM that went live Jan 1 of 2020. These rules create valuable opportunities for medical providers, especially with COVID-19 quarantine and isolation requirements.
We discuss:
appreciation for our emergency medicine colleagues
original medicare telemedicine telemedicine requirements
Medicare telemedicine geography requirement
Medicare telemedicine originating site requirement
COVID19 Medicare telemedicine reimbursement updates
HHS won't audit preexisting relationship rule, but what about MACs?
Provider licensure requirements for telemedicine
Fee for service telemedicine billing guide
Home health telemedicine
RPM (Remote Patient Monitoring) COVID19
Connection between real estate tax code and healthcare opportunities
Why is Medicare paying for RPM
How does remote monitoring work
Alex's Concierge Medicine RPM article
How much does RPM pay
Medicare eVisit non-face-to-face encounters
Role of RPM with addressing loneliness in seniors
Some states' Medicaid programs pay for RPM
Kudos to Dr. Blake McKinney from CirrusMD
Telemedicine pictures need to be treated like radiology films
Accuhealth RPM website
Email us at amy@masteringmedicare.net or alex@masteringmedicare.net for our RPM Workbook

]]> Alex and Amy discuss telemedicine and RPM (remote patient monitoring) in the COVID-19 Era. Medicare has published new rules for telemedicine to help cope with the novel coronavirus epidemic. Medicare also published new rules for RPM that went live Jan 1 of 2020. These rules create valuable opportunities for medical providers, especially with COVID-19 quarantine and isolation requirements.
We discuss:
appreciation for our emergency medicine colleagues
original medicare telemedicine telemedicine requirements
Medicare telemedicine geography requirement
Medicare telemedicine originating site requirement
COVID19 Medicare telemedicine reimbursement updates
HHS won't audit preexisting relationship rule, but what about MACs?
Provider licensure requirements for telemedicine
Fee for service telemedicine billing guide
Home health telemedicine
RPM (Remote Patient Monitoring) COVID19
Connection between real estate tax code and healthcare opportunities
Why is Medicare paying for RPM
How does remote monitoring work
Alex's Concierge Medicine RPM article
How much does RPM pay
Medicare eVisit non-face-to-face encounters
Role of RPM with addressing loneliness in seniors
Some states' Medicaid programs pay for RPM
Kudos to Dr. Blake McKinney from CirrusMD
Telemedicine pictures need to be treated like radiology films
Accuhealth RPM website
Email us at amy@masteringmedicare.net or alex@masteringmedicare.net for our RPM Workbook

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