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Nov 16, 2022 •Blog

AMA Releases Blueprint to Optimize Digitally Enabled Care

With the goal of filling in gaps related to virtual healthcare, the American Medical Association (AMA) and Manatt Health released a Blueprint for Optimizing Digitally Enabled Care, which describes six…

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Nov 12, 2022 •Telehealth

Physicians must be empowered to put patients first: AMA president

Whether fighting to stop Medicare pay cuts, fix prior authorization or reduce administrative burdens that lead to burnout, the AMA has physicians’ backs. And when it comes…

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Nov 10, 2022 •Blog

How new medical codes can boost use of digital therapeutic tools

The growing and continuing physician interest in using digital health tools is being supported by a steadily developing regulatory framework and an infrastructure that creates a pathway…

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Nov 8, 2022 •Blog

Advocacy in action: Supporting telehealth

What’s at stake Before the pandemic hit in March 2020, the Medicare program only paid for telehealth services in very limited circumstances: COVID-19 sparked policy change and…

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Nov 7, 2022 •Blog

4 must-haves for doctors to stick with telehealth

With physician burnout at all all-time high, physicians are searching for ways to provide high-quality patient care while easing some of the burdens prevalent in medicine today. “Never…

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Oct 4, 2022 •Blog

Telehealth patients flocking to virtual appointments for some routine care

The routine physician’s office visit is experiencing disruption at the hands of virtual care technology. According to the newly released J.D. Power 2022 U.S. Telehealth Satisfaction Study,…

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Aug 12, 2022 •Blog

Telehealth Model Legislation—A Comparison of AMA, FSMB and ULC Model Bills and Guidelines

The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic spurred a drastic increase in telehealth utilization across the country, which meaningfully changed the way providers deliver care and illuminated novel…

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Aug 4, 2022 •Blog

UMass Memorial Health, UNC Health commend hospital-at-home programs, touting better outcomes, saved costs

Healthcare leaders are calling on Congress to extend a waiver that expanded flexibilities for hospital-at-home programs, saying continued reimbursement is critical to scale up these programs. Temporary waivers…

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Jul 8, 2022 •Blog

Remote COVID-19 patient monitoring provides positive outcomes, study finds

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) – Patients with COVID-19 who tracked their experience and symptoms from the virus remotely had positive outcomes, a study published Thursday indicates. The study,…

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Jun 7, 2022 •American Medical Association (AMA)

AMA’s advocacy efforts push for permanent telehealth advancements

COVID-19 has led to dramatic increases in adoption of telehealth by both physicians and patients. Policymakers should seize the opportunity to make permanent policy that supports many…

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Jun 5, 2022 •Rural Health Clinics (RHCs)

Regulations Open Doors for Telehealth Services in FQHCs

Make sure your facility is aware of all the Medicare policy changes that permit payment for expanded services. Telehealth as a healthcare delivery platform has been in…

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May 2, 2022 •Blog

How Far Has Telehealth Actually Come?

Paddy Padmanabhan, founder and CEO of Damo Consulting Inc., is a digital health entrepreneur, author and host of The Big Unlock podcast. Telehealth has become more integrated into care…

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Apr 28, 2022 •Blog

How to Enrich the Patient Experience through Remote Care

Thanks to emerging value-based models and new reimbursement allowances, remote care’s popularity has been growing rapidly. Remote care is being utilized more and more to help improve…

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Apr 16, 2022 •Blog

Chronic Care Remote Physiological Monitoring: Essential CPT Codes

Remote patient monitoring (RPM) is an important branch, strong augmentation and considerable expansion of telemedicine that has altered the health business. RPM has played a significant part in…

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Apr 15, 2022 •Blog

As remote patient monitoring expands, so does CPT to describe it

To see where and how the use of digital health tools is growing, take a look at the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code set, which opened the door to…

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