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Telehealth creates a new kind of health care experience
Maria knew something was wrong. A working mom in her mid-thirties, Maria has diabetes — and she was feeling more fatigued than usual. She thought it could…
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Remote Patient Monitoring
Healthcare access, remote physical exams, rural and school health, reimbursement, clinical technology, and the evolving ways care can reach patients.
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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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Medicare Remote Patient Monitoring: CMS Finalizes New Code and General Supervision
05 November 2019 Authors: Nathaniel M. LacktmanEmily H. Wein CMS just released the 2020 final rule with changes to remote patient monitoring (RPM), officially titled “Chronic Care…
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Survey: 88% of providers investing in remote patient monitoring tech
Jackie Drees – Tuesday, November 5th, 2019 Most healthcare providers (88 percent) have made or are planning to make investments in remote patient monitoring technology to better…
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CMS Finalizes New Reimbursement Rules for Remote Patient Monitoring
The final rule for the 2020 Physician Fee Schedule gives hospitals and health systems more opportunities to use remote patient monitoring and paves the way for new…
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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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Using Remote Monitoring to Reduce Hospital Visits for Cancer Patients
Until the 1990’s, patients with cancer requiring chemotherapy typically had to be admitted to the hospital to receive treatment. This inpatient care was stressful for patients and…
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Telehealth strategies for the next 3-5 years: 5 key points
Health systems across the country are developing telehealth strategies, both in rural and urban populations. Telehealth can refer to virtual visits and other consumer-facing digital interactions, or…
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Remote Telemetry Monitoring: Supporting Clinical Care and Clinical Leaders with a Simplified Operating Model
Telemetry is widely-used by hospitals and health systems as a means of providing continuous cardiac monitoring for designated patients. While internal development of these programs has been…
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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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Industry Voices—3 steps to reducing readmissions amid an aging population
by Chris McCann Oct 23, 2019 Hospital readmissions are an expensive problem in the U.S. both for providers and patients. According to a study by the Agency…
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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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Brian Donohue column: The potential of telehealth for cancer patients in Virginia
A cancer diagnosis changes everything. First, you receive this earth-shattering news and then, you enter the maze of cancer care, with countless visits to specialists and other…
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