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Aug 7, 2020 •Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs)

ACOG Gains Ground on Expanding Telehealth

As part of ACOG’s ongoing advocacy efforts to ensure expanded access to telehealth services, we endorsed the Protecting Access to Post-COVID-19 Telehealth Act of 2020 H.R. (7663). This bill, endorsed by…

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Aug 7, 2020 •Blog

Telehealth Update: CMS Proposed CY 2021 Payment Policies, Extension of the Public Health Emergency, Increasing Access after COVID-19, and the Coronavirus Stimulus Package

On August 4, CMS posted a proposed rule on CY 2021 Payment Policies, which included important updates about the expansion of Medicare covered telehealth services due to…

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Aug 7, 2020 •Blog

Tele-Tuesday: Executive Order Signals Increased Support for Telehealth Expansion

US President Donald Trump issued an executive order on August 3 that aims to expand telehealth access to Medicare beneficiaries beyond the coronavirus (COVID-19) public health emergency (PHE) period.…

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Aug 7, 2020 •Blog

CMS Proposes Permanent Expansion of Telehealth Services

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic since mid-March, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) worked quickly to issue emergency guidance that allowed temporary expansion of…

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Aug 7, 2020 •Blog

White House Seeks to Sustain Increased Medicare Telehealth Coverage

A new executive order from the White House is pushing to expand telehealth coverage and infrastructure, as well as make health care in rural communities more accessible…

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Jul 29, 2020 •Blog

New HHS Report Makes the Case for Continued Telehealth Coverage

Federal efforts to expand Medicare’s telehealth coverage during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic “played a critical role in helping to maintain access to primary care…

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Jul 29, 2020 •Blog

HHS Extends Public Health Emergency; Allows Telehealth Waivers To Continue

The Secretary of Health and Human Services announced a renewal of the nationwide public health emergency (“PHE”) late on Thursday, July 23, 2020. The announcement came just…

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Jul 29, 2020 •Blog

Industry Voices—After COVID-19 subsides, ‘the telehealth revolution must march on’

It’s hard to find a silver lining in a pandemic. But one of the few may be the rapid rise of telemedicine. With people stuck at home,…

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Jul 29, 2020 •Blog

All about using Telehealth for Chronic conditions

Chronic disease management is a health care issue that continues to grow in relevance and importance for patients and their health care providers. An estimated 6 in 10 adults…

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Jul 29, 2020 •Blog

New Initiative Aims to Apply Consumer mHealth to Pandemic Planning

A new task force aims to shine the spotlight on the role that consumer-facing mHealth and telehealth technology can play in tackling pandemics. The Consumer Technology Association…

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Jul 27, 2020 •Blog

States Require Private Insurers and Medicaid to Cover Telehealth Services in Wake of Public Health Crisis

To build upon temporary legislative efforts to address telehealth coverage for COVID-19, multiple states have recently passed or proposed permanent legislation to require broader telehealth reimbursement by…

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Jul 27, 2020 •Blog

Health providers rediscover the hidden asset of telemedicine for care management

Telehealth introduces a new approach to shared clinical decision making, facilitates trusted cooperation and patient engagement. For Siemens Healthineers, the COVID-19 pandemic sheds new light on digital…

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Jul 27, 2020 •Blog

Predictions for Post-Pandemic Telehealth

Before the pandemic, telehealth coverage was limited in scope. However, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently expanded coverage through its regulatory authority and waivers…

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Jul 27, 2020 •Blog

CMS to Assess Telehealth Reimbursement Rates Post-Pandemic

In a blog post, CMS Administrator Seema Verma said the agency needs to assess telehealth reimbursement rates considering such significant uptake of virtual care during the COVID-19…

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Jul 27, 2020 •Blog

House GOP committee members release draft telehealth expansion plan

U.S. House Ways and Means Committee Republicans on Monday unveiled a discussion draft for a bill that would expand the availability of telehealth services under the Medicare…

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