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Sep 11, 2020 •COVID-19 - Coronavirus

America’s Race for Universal Telehealth May Rely on Making Medicare Payments Permanent

Kimberly Sanders was recovering from a heroin addiction when the coronavirus struck. She had been homeless before and struggled to commute long distances for treatments. But because of her…

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Sep 11, 2020 •Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Senators claim FCC failed to manage funding for COVID-19, rural telehealth programs

A group of 14 Democratic senators penned a letter to FCC chairman Ajit Pai on Aug. 20 detailing what they say is the agency’s failure to manage the Rural…

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Sep 11, 2020 •Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

FCC, Other Federal Agencies, Join Forces for Rural Telehealth

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and other federal agencies are joining forces to increase access to telehealth solutions in rural areas across the U.S. According to a Memorandum…

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Sep 11, 2020 •American Hospital Association (AHA)

AHA calls for telehealth flexibilities to be made permanent

The American Hospital Association (AHA) is calling on President Donald J. Trump to make permanent telehealth flexibilities introduced as part of the nation’s response to the COVID-19…

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Sep 11, 2020 •Telehealth

HRSA Awards Almost $12 Million in Grants to Rural Telehealth Initiatives

The grants, part of a $35 million package announced last week, target programs that expand telehealth access for emergency services, rural health research and telementoring. Federal officials…

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Sep 11, 2020 •COVID-19 - Coronavirus

HIPAA Compliance in the Age of COVID-19

It’s been 24 years since the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was signed into law. Designed to protect the privacy, security and integrity of protected…

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Sep 11, 2020 •American Hospital Association (AHA)

AHA asks HHS to safeguard access to telehealth after COVID-19

Following President Trump’s executive order on virtual care, the American Hospital Association issued a series of recommendations supporting access to telehealth after the public health emergency ends.…

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Sep 11, 2020 •Telehealth

Telehealth and clinical decision support: ideal synergy for patient- clinician engagement

Pairing telehealth and clinical decision support could be a true game-changer, enabling patients and clinicians to make decisions together along the care continuum of complex diseases. September…

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Sep 11, 2020 •Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Senators Charge FCC With Mismanaging Telehealth Funding Programs

A letter signed by 14 Democratic Senators charges the FCC and Chairman Ajit Pai with failing to properly manage the Rural Health Care Program and the COVID-19…

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Sep 11, 2020 •COVID-19 - Coronavirus

A Pandemic Gives Telehealth a New Purpose With Community Paramedicine

With COVID-19 still rampant, health systems and EMS providers are partnering in mobile integrated health programs that stress telehealth and mHealth in the home. The coronavirus pandemic…

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Sep 11, 2020 •Telehealth

What we learned from COVID: Telehealth is here to stay

When the dust settles and COVID-19 is finally behind us, there are many aspects of this “new normal” that I will not miss, but there’s a lot…

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Sep 11, 2020 •U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

AHA urges HHS to make telehealth rollbacks permanent

Dive Brief: The American Hospital Association wants HHS to ensure the telehealth flexibilities it has allowed during the COVID-19 pandemic will continue permanently, according to a Tuesday letter it…

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Sep 11, 2020 •Remote Patient Monitoring

Rise of Hospice Telehealth Can Stoke Patient Satisfaction

Like providers, patients and families are adapting to rising use of telehealth in hospice care during the COVID-19 pandemic, as apparent plans to make temporary regulatory flexibilities…

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Sep 11, 2020 •COVID-19 - Coronavirus

Democratic lawmaker calls telehealth expansion the ‘silver lining’ of pandemic

Rep. Doris Matsui (D-Calif.) on Wednesday said the COVID-19 pandemic has opened the door to widespread adoption of remote health care. “Telehealth has become the silver lining of the…

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Sep 11, 2020 •COVID-19 - Coronavirus

3 WAYS COVID-19 TRANSFORMED HEALTHCARE DELIVERY THROUGH TELEHEALTH

With the coronavirus crisis, health systems catapulted the industry into the future by accelerating virtual care initiatives that will forever change the way healthcare is delivered in…

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