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TELEHEALTH’S BIG MOMENT, WITH CAVEATS
Despite a win in the $8.3 billion coronavirus package, telehealth advocates and their allies in Congress are still pushing for broader changes, they tell us. A provision in…
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Healthcare access, remote physical exams, rural and school health, reimbursement, clinical technology, and the evolving ways care can reach patients.
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Feds look to telehealth to rein in Covid-19 coronavirus
If brick-and-mortar facilities are overloaded, “keeping people out of the health care system physically could be in everybody’s interest.” By Allison Bell | March 06, 2020 at 10:43 AM The…
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Telehealth Beyond The Hospital
The industry of telehealth is expanding for many reasons, including increased access to technology, a demand for more affordable health services and the desire for convenient care.…
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Gingrich & DeSantis: A health care revolution is coming – It could give you 24/7 access to a doctor
In Washington’s increasingly toxic atmosphere – filled with impeachment hearings, the jostling of the Democratic primary, and an obsession with trivial gaffes and scandal over substance –…
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National Telehealth Survey Sees Surge in Commercial Payer Coverage
Foley & Lardner’s third state-by-state survey of telehealth coverage reports a ‘sea change’ in legislative activity to require commercial payers to reimburse providers for connected health services.…
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Telehealth is Here to Stay: New 50 State Survey of Commercial Insurance Laws Reveals Progress
Two years after Foley’s 2017 Telemedicine and Digital Health Survey uncovered a demand for telemedicine and digital health services, as well as coverage and reimbursement to match the…
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California Increases Telemedicine Payments to Reduce Medicaid Costs
Medi-Cal, California’s sprawling Medicaid program, is working under new rules expanding reimbursement for telemedicine. Medi-Cal currently serves more than 13.5 million residents. Telemedicine is increasingly seen as…
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Legislation Re-Introduced to Expand Access to Telehealth Under Medicare
A bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation on October 30th designed to expand Medicare beneficiaries’ access to telehealth services. The bill is called the Creating Opportunities Now…
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Federal law cripples telehealth in Medicare. New bill changes that.
What’s the news: A bipartisan Senate bill unveiled last week would make it easier for patients enrolled in Medicare to receive telehealth services from physicians. Digital health…
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Congress, Candidates and the White House Agree: Telehealth Is Policy to Get Behind
This week, a bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduced the long-awaited updated version of the CONNECT for Health Act, a bill that is likely to be the…
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New Telehealth Legislation Seeks to Expand Medicare Coverage
Removing geographic barriers and improving rural access are among the goals of CONNECT for Health Act of 2019, which has bipartisan Senate and House support. Support for…
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California Enacts Telehealth Payment Parity, Boosts Asynchronous Care
California Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed several telehealth bills, making the state among a dozen to support payment parity, store-and-forward care and telemedicine abortions. By Eric Wicklund October…
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California Governor Signs New Telehealth Insurance Law
On October 11, 2019, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a new law requiring commercial health insurance coverage and payment parity for telehealth services. The law will benefit patients by…
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CMS Announces Final Rules for Medicare Advantage Telehealth Benefits
On April 5, 2019, CMS issued final rules (the Final Rule) implementing various provisions of the 2018 Bipartisan Budget Act (the 2018 Budget). The 2018 Budget includes…
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Medicare coverage for telehealth has expanded but still has limits
The expansion of telehealth is changing the landscape of health care. This is the second in a four-part series exploring what providers should know about this growing…
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