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COVID-19 – Coronavirus

Healthcare access, remote physical exams, rural and school health, reimbursement, clinical technology, and the evolving ways care can reach patients.

Jun 24, 2020 •Blog

Telehealth Gives a Free Health Clinic a Lifeline to its Patient Population

The Order of Malta Clinic of Northern California is using a new telehealth platform to improve access and care for thousands of residents in and around Oakland…

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Jun 24, 2020 •Blog

Ready or Not … Here Comes a Global Pandemic: A Legal and Practical Overview of the New Normal to Patient Healthcare – Telehealth

What a time to be alive. Despite this phrase being a personal favorite, I would guess that most of us think of these six-words—or some variation thereof—on…

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Jun 24, 2020 •Blog

At-Home Pulse Oximeters: The ‘It’ Gadget of the COVID-19 Outbreak

Jen Singer became sick with an unidentified respiratory illness while visiting Seattle in February, before many knew enough to be worried about COVID-19. The fever and coughing…

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Jun 24, 2020 •Blog

Liability in the Telehealth Era

The COVID-19 pandemic has thrust upon the healthcare industry countless profound and likely permanent changes, not the least of which is in telehealth. Over the next several…

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Jun 24, 2020 •Blog

Sudden Future: The Rise of Telemedicine During COVID-19

When the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic began to spread rapidly in the US in early March, nearly every institution across the country was given a Darwinian ultimatum: adapt,…

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Jun 24, 2020 •Blog

5 actions to fuel the digital health momentum

The COVID-19 public health emergency has forcefully opened the door for widespread adoption of telehealth, remote patient monitoring, and other digital health platforms by patients and providers…

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Jun 24, 2020 •Blog

Caring for American seniors at home during crisis, and beyond

Last month, I had the immense honor of testifying before the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging to take part in an important discussion on caring for America’s aging…

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Jun 24, 2020 •Blog

Telehealth is working, let’s keep it that way

COVID-19 HAS HAD a devastating impact on our lives, our healthcare system, and our economy, but one silver lining has been the immediate and dramatic expansion of telehealth services. We’d be…

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Jun 24, 2020 •Blog

Introducing the HEALTH ACT: Expanding Medicare Reimbursement

Last week, new legislation was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives that would require Medicare to reimburse certain telehealth services post the public health emergency period. …

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Jun 24, 2020 •Blog

Medicaid—Telehealth Expansion During COVID-19 Emergency

As a result of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, State Medicaid programs have expanded options for telehealth services. Rapid expansion of telehealth may pose challenges for…

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Jun 24, 2020 •Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

AHRQ’s Easy-to-Understand Telehealth Consent Form

AHRQ has created a sample telehealth consent form (Word, 27 KB) that is easy to understand. The form includes language for healthcare providers that have curtailed in-person visits due…

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Jun 24, 2020 •Blog

Long-Term Telehealth Expansion Should Be Planned Intelligently

By KEN TERRY Telehealth has been a lifeline for many doctors and patients during the pandemic, and the decisions of CMS and many private payers to cover telehealth…

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Jun 24, 2020 •Blog

ATA CEO: ‘Technology can be used to reimagine experiences’

By Kat Jercich During the opening keynote of the 2020 American Telemedicine Association conference, ATA CEO Ann Mond Johnson pointed to the transformative effect of the COVID-19 pandemic…

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Jun 24, 2020 •Blog

Emergency Declarations and Waiver Authority

Monday, June 22, 2020 The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued more than 100 waivers giving healthcare providers the flexibility to meet the demands…

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Jun 24, 2020 •Blog

Why virtual care will outlast the pandemic

With millions of people suddenly video chatting their doctors, there’s pressure on Washington to make telehealth a permanent option. By MOHANA RAVINDRANATH An explosion of virtual care during…

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