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Jun 4, 2020 •Blog

Telehealth is the future- and the future has arrived

By: Bill Dacey June 3, 2020 For several years, we’ve seen Medicare and the American Medical Association’s Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) manual slowly approach the age of…

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Jun 4, 2020 •Blog

Is Telehealth Here to Stay?

— We need to usher in a new era of patient care by Jeffrey Davis May 24, 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic has rapidly accelerated the adoption of telehealth, with…

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Apr 24, 2020 •Blog

Telehealth: Delivering Care Safely During COVID-19

During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, HHS has taken steps to make it easier to provide telehealth services. Telehealth — sometimes referred to as telemedicine — describes the…

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Apr 15, 2020 •Blog

CMS COVID-19 Interim Final Rule

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Mar 19, 2020 •Blog

Telehealth News Alert: New Coronavirus (COVID-19) Considerations For Telehealth Providers

As the novel coronavirus outbreak continues, the federal government and commercial health insurers have taken significant steps to increase Americans’ access to treatment and testing. In the…

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Mar 11, 2020 •Blog

CMS Releases Fact Sheets On COVID-19 Medicare Coverage, Billing Guidelines

Monday, March 9, 2020 The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released several fact sheets on COVID-19 coverage and benefits, and announced a second Healthcare Common…

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Mar 10, 2020 •aTouchAway

Coronavirus Scare Likely to Boost Telehealth Adoption Among Home-Based Care Providers

On Thursday, the Senate approved a bill that will provide $8.3 billion in emergency funds to help mitigate the effects of COVID-19, otherwise known as the coronavirus.…

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Mar 10, 2020 •Blog

COVID-19 Update: Reimbursement issues – Who is picking up the tab for coronavirus testing?

Insurance coverageIn a statement on March 6, 2020, the Board of Directors for America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) announced that insurers are voluntarily covering the diagnostic testing of COVID-19…

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Mar 9, 2020 •aTouchAway

Telehealth Shaping Up for COVID-19

Cardiology illustrates what specialties can do to be ready As COVID-19 coronavirus encroaches into communities across the U.S., cardiology’s use of telemedicine could set a precedent for…

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Dec 3, 2019 •aTouchAway

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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Dec 2, 2019 •Blog

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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Nov 11, 2019 •Blog

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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Oct 21, 2019 •aTouchAway

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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Oct 20, 2019 •aTouchAway

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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Oct 10, 2019 •Blog

Bipartisan support keeps telehealth adoption moving forward

Over the last decade, few issues in politics have been more polarizing than healthcare. It’s driven a deep wedge between Democrats and Republicans, particularly following the passage…

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