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Nov 13, 2020 •COVID-19 - Coronavirus

Telehealth Update: Expansion of the Public Health Emergency, Telehealth Services for Home Health Beneficiaries, and a Special Event

As COVID-19 infection rates continue to rise in areas of the country, telehealth continues to play an important role in the delivery of healthcare, especially to those…

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Nov 13, 2020 •Telehealth

Patients Seek Post-COVID In-Person, Telehealth Care Access Hybrid

Survey data indicates that although patients like and continue to want to access telehealth, they also see a need for in-person care access in the future. By Sara…

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Nov 12, 2020 •Telemedicine

Important Developments in Telemedicine

The realization of the full potential of telemedicine has taken longer than many of us anticipated, but the COVID-19 pandemic may finally bring about that realization. By Francis…

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Nov 11, 2020 •COVID-19 - Coronavirus

Virtual Healthcare in Times of COVID-19

By: Atibhi Mehra and Anirban Panda Over the years, the healthcare sector has made considerable efforts to shift from a reactive to a proactive approach by placing…

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Nov 11, 2020 •Telehealth

How In-Person, Telehealth Care Access Hybrid Promoted Health Equity

Although telehealth care access proved beneficial for some patients during the pandemic, in-person options were essential to promoting health equity and trust. By Sara Heath November 10, 2020 – While…

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Nov 10, 2020 •COVID-19 - Coronavirus

Zoom lied to users about end-to-end encryption for years, FTC says

Zoom has agreed to upgrade its security practices in a tentative settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, which alleges that Zoom lied to users for years by…

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Nov 10, 2020 •Telehealth

Telehealth Services Will Transform Access and Quality of Healthcare

There may never be a better time for your medical practice to start developing its telemedicine portfolio. Recently, the federal government has made it easier for healthcare…

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Nov 10, 2020 •Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) - Medicare

HHS Approves Telecommunications for Providing Medicare Home Health Services, on a Permanent Basis, Effective January 1, 2021

On October 29, 2020, CMS issued the Home Health Prospective Payment System final rule [CMS-1730-F, CMS-1744-IFC, and CMS-5531-IFC], which permanently authorizes use of telecommunications technology as part…

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Nov 10, 2020 •Remote Patient Monitoring

Benefits to remote patient monitoring

With forethought and the right technology on board, remote patient monitoring can be a good complement to telehealth, allowing physicians to receive data about their patients’ in…

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Nov 10, 2020 •Telehealth

FCC Opens Application Window for Connected Care Pilot Program

The three-year, $100 million program, aimed at boosting broadband connectivity in underserved parts of the country to support telehealth expansion, will accept applications for one month, beginning…

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Nov 9, 2020 •Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) - Medicare

A breakdown of 5 recent CMS rules

CMS released or proposed five rules since Oct. 28 concerning new payment reforms, price transparency regulations and coverage of a COVID-19 vaccine. Here’s a breakdown of the…

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Nov 9, 2020 •Telehealth

The what, why and how of “real” telehealth

During the COVID-19 public health emergency, the Medicare 1135 waiver immediately expanded the use of telehealth and bypassed HIPAA requirements, allowing essentially any video chat application to…

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Nov 9, 2020 •COVID-19 - Coronavirus

Industry Voices—Will the country choose virtual care post-COVID-19? Yes—but only if it’s better

The numbers are astonishing: The use of telehealth services in the U.S. has grown from 11% of consumers in 2019 to 46% in 2020. But telemedicine was not Plan A…

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Nov 9, 2020 •Telehealth

The business drivers for telehealth after the pandemic

The surge in telehealth brought on by COVID-19 catalyzed an era of care distribution and decentralization powered by care delivered outside the traditional healthcare facility. Business models…

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Nov 9, 2020 •Telehealth

CMS aims to expand telehealth, discuss payment reform next year, Verma says

CMS Administrator Seema Verma touted the gains in virtual care and digital health her agency has made during the pandemic and said she plans to increase the…

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