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30 Oct 2020

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CMS Announces New Telehealth Services Covered by Medicare and Provides States with Medicaid and CHIP Telehealth Expansion Assistance

On October 14, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) expanded the list of telehealth services covered by Medicare during the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency. CMS also announced it would be providing additional support to state Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) agencies in delivering telehealth services. CMS added the telehealth services using, for […]

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30 Oct 2020

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How Should State Medicaid Programs Expand Telehealth Coverage?

Jacqueline Marks, a manager with the Manatt Health division of Manatt, Phelps & Philips, has drafted a list of suggested policy actions that states could take to extend Medicaid telehealth coverage beyond the pandemic. By Eric Wicklund October 20, 2020 – With most state governments enacting emergency measures to improve Medicaid coverage for telehealth services during the coronavirus […]

Are State Medicaid Programs Doing Enough to Support Telemedicine

30 Oct 2020

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Medicaid Telehealth Policies States Can Make Permanent to Ensure Access for Children/Families

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, state Medicaid agencies have temporarily expanded their telehealth coverage and reimbursement policies in varying degrees. States, providers, advocates and families recognize the important role that telehealth has played in maintaining access to care during the pandemic and are now turning to the difficult work of evaluating which components of […]

The Coronavirus Pandemic Has Exacerbated Existing Weaknesses in Telemental Health

30 Oct 2020

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The Coronavirus Pandemic Has Exacerbated Existing Weaknesses in Telemental Health

Rates of emotional distress are surging amid a deepening economic recession, a reckoning with state violence against the Black community, and the COVID-19 pandemic. The closures and restrictions necessary to mitigate the coronavirus’ spread have also massively disrupted in-person, outpatient mental health care at a time when an unprecedented number of people need support. To preserve people’s access to […]

Novelty to necessity: Telehealth an option as patients fear contracting COVID at hospitals

29 Oct 2020

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Improving the Clinical Response to Patient Data

By 2025, the World Economic Forum estimates that 463 exabytes of data will be created each day. Already, a single patient generates close to 80 megabytes each year in imaging and electronic medical record (EMR) data, according to an Innovation in Care Delivery article. While many clinicians and health care providers are hesitant to integrate aspects of AI into […]

29 Oct 2020

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CMS Announces New Medicare Telehealth Services and Updates Medicaid Telehealth Toolkit

On October 14, 2020, CMS added eleven new codes to the list of telehealth services covered by Medicare during to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE). Coverage for these new services is effective immediately and will continue, on a temporary basis, for the duration of the PHE. The PHE was recently extended through January 20, 2021. CMS […]

2014 The Value of Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) Physicians’ Perspectives

29 Oct 2020

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6 best practices to sharpen physicians’ use of telehealth

The COVID-19 pandemic sparked rapid growth in the use of telehealth, and what’s perhaps most surprising to seasoned experts on telemedicine is how smoothly the transition has fared for so many patients and physicians. “The one thing that we can all say we have achieved at this point is we brought the doctor’s office into […]

Utilizing telehealth in the ER can reduce wait times and patient length of stay

29 Oct 2020

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Utilizing telehealth in the ER can reduce wait times and patient length of stay

Telehealth adoption under COVID-19 has provided a blueprint for wider implementation across ERs and other healthcare venues. Jeff Lagasse, Associate Editor Telehealth has become more common given the current global pandemic. COVID-19 has limited doctor’s office and hospital visits to ensure safety for as many people as possible. But rather than diminish the quality of care, new […]

CMS again expands telehealth services covered by Medicare

29 Oct 2020

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CMS again expands telehealth services covered by Medicare

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced it is adding 11 new telehealth services that Medicare will reimburse. This is the first addition to the Medicare telehealth services list since May 1, 2020. Per CMS, Medicare will begin paying eligible caregivers who furnish these newly added telehealth services — effective immediately — […]

29 Oct 2020

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Real-Time Patient Data Access is Linked to Telehealth Follow-Up

Clinicians are more likely to schedule a telehealth follow-up if they have immediate access to patient data. By Christopher Jason October 19, 2020 – Clinicians with access to a shared inpatient-outpatient EHR were more likely to schedule a telehealth follow-up appointment or conduct laboratory monitoring, rather than an in-person visit, according to a study published in the American Journal of Managed […]

CMS Proposed 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Physician Groups Call for Permanent Changes to Telehealth Reimbursement and Other Comments

29 Oct 2020

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CMS Proposed 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule: Physician Groups Call for Permanent Changes to Telehealth Reimbursement and Other Comments

In September we wrote about the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) releasing its proposed 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule. The proposed rule notably included several proposals to make permanent, extend, or transition out of COVID-19 flexibilities issued by the agency. This was especially true in the telehealth space. Other areas of interest included changes to evaluation and […]

Office Visits Rebound; CMS Expands Telehealth Services; Virtual Care for Chronic Pain

29 Oct 2020

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Office Visits Rebound; CMS Expands Telehealth Services; Virtual Care for Chronic Pain

Welcome to Telehealth Roundup, highlighting news and features about emerging trends in telemedicine and telehealth. Outpatient Visits Rebound Outpatient visits per week have rebounded to pre-pandemic levels, but not for all providers and patients, a new Commonwealth Fund report showed. In total, weekly outpatient visit counts have slightly exceeded pre-pandemic levels, but varied by patient age, geographic […]

COVID-19 tips the scales in favor of remote monitoring for cardiac care

29 Oct 2020

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Solving Community SARS-CoV-2 Testing With Telehealth: Development and Implementation for Screening, Evaluation and Testing

ABSTRACT Background: Telehealth has emerged as a crucial component of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic emergency response. Simply stated, telehealth is a tool to provide health care from a distance. Jefferson Health has leveraged its acute care telehealth platform to screen, order testing, and manage patients with COVID-19–related concerns. Objective: This study aims to describe the expansion and results […]

JD Power Survey Charts the Top 12 Reasons for Using Telehealth

29 Oct 2020

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Joint Commission Issues Telehealth Safety Advisory

The survey identifies what factors are most important to consumers when they choose telehealth, and it shows how the coronavirus pandemic has changed some of those priorities. By Eric Wicklund October 16, 2020 – Healthcare providers and payers looking to drive sustainability in a telehealth platform in a world affected by the coronavirus pandemic should focus on safety, […]

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28 Oct 2020

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New Medicare telehealth reimbursements include cardiac rehab

Eleven new services have been added to the list of telehealth services reimbursed by Medicare fee-for-service during the COVID-19 health emergency, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Wednesday. Many of the new services involve cardiovascular care, including intensive cardiac rehabilitation with and without exercise, pulmonary rehab with exercise, and in-person ventricular assist device interrogation. Certain […]

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