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Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs)
Healthcare access, remote physical exams, rural and school health, reimbursement, clinical technology, and the evolving ways care can reach patients.
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Congress Considers Extending Medicare Telehealth Flexibilities
During the COVID-19 pandemic, HHS has allowed numerous telehealth flexibilities across Medicare and Medicaid, making it possible for patients to receive care remotely from their homes and…
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Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs)
MUSC, FQHC Consortium Unveil Telehealth Strategies for Sustainability
The Medical University of South Carolina and Massachusetts-based FQHC Telehealth Consortium have outlined their telehealth strategies in reports designed to help others establish scalable and sustainable programs.…
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Telehealth
Congress Gets Another Shot at Codifying Telehealth Coverage for FQHCs, RHCs
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Telehealth
As ‘telehealth cliff’ looms, hundreds of healthcare orgs urge Congress to act
More than 400 healthcare and technology organizations are calling on Capitol Hill to eliminate arbitrary restrictions while helping FQHCs and critical access hospitals offer wider access to virtual…
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Telehealth
CMS Expands Telehealth Coverage in Proposed 2022 Physician Fee Schedule
The proposal includes expanding Medicare coverage for telehealth services that address mental health and substance abuse issues and extending most COVID-19 freedoms until the end of 2023,…
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Remote Patient Monitoring
Advocating for underserved populations: Is remote patient monitoring the answer?
It’s crucial that today’s providers, innovators, and regulators alike continue to push for such tech adoption, driving virtual, continuous care in populations disproportionately affected by disease. By TARA…
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Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs)
Trump executive order targets rural telehealth expansion
The executive order would call on the Department of Health and Human Services to develop a new pilot payment model for rural hospitals, and would set up…
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Telehealth is ‘The Best Tool’ in the Healthcare Toolbox for FQHCs
Federally qualified health centers looking to expand their telehealth footprint need to take a closer look at why their patients are having problems accessing healthcare. Transportation issues,…
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The Time is Now for Providers to Apply for Some of the Remaining $130 Million Available Under the FCC’s COVID-19 Telehealth Program
Tuesday, June 2, 2020 As previously reported, Congress and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have removed longstanding regulatory barriers to the broad deployment of telehealth for…
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Community Health Centers Need a Telehealth Strategy, Resources to Survive
A new Health Affairs article notes how community health centers have struggled to use telehealth before and during COVID-19, and offers advice to help CHCs embrace connected…
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