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New Bill Aims to Extend Acute Hospital Care at Home Waiver
A bill introduced in the Senate aims to extend CMS‘ Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver for two years after the COVID-19 public health emergency reaches an…
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Telehealth
Healthcare access, remote physical exams, rural and school health, reimbursement, clinical technology, and the evolving ways care can reach patients.
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CMS-Supported Telehealth Will Continue To Be A Driving Force – But Watch for Greater OIG Enforcement
As mindsets pivoted to a post-pandemic life, telehealth advocates petitioned CMS to embrace telehealth as a permanent care option, and CMS responded with regulatory action at the…
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Congress Considers Extending Medicare Telehealth Flexibilities
During the COVID-19 pandemic, HHS has allowed numerous telehealth flexibilities across Medicare and Medicaid, making it possible for patients to receive care remotely from their homes and…
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Using Hospital-At-Home Services to Lower Readmissions, Increase Capacity
A safety-net health system leveraged its home hospital program, launched a few months before the Omicron surge, to bring acute care to patients and alleviate capacity challenges.…
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FCC Seeks Reforms to Rural Health Care Program
The FCC is requesting public comment on proposed reforms to the Rural Health Care Program to “promote program efficiency and ensure that rural healthcare providers receive appropriate…
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Potential is high’ for remote patient monitoring in difficult-to-control asthma
PHOENIX — Although challenges remain, remote digital health practices can be implemented for most aspects of asthma evaluation and management, according to a speaker at the American…
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Speaker: ‘Potential is high’ for remote patient monitoring in difficult-to-control asthma
PHOENIX — Although challenges remain, remote digital health practices can be implemented for most aspects of asthma evaluation and management, according to a speaker at the American…
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Washington gets more pressure on telehealth reform
A bipartisan bill has been introduced to expand telehealth access for two years. Hundreds of advocates are calling on Congress to ensure permanent access. Healthcare advocates have…
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A scoping review of mHealth monitoring of pediatric bronchial asthma before and during the COVID-19 pandemic
Paediatric Respiratory Reviews Available online 17 January 2022In Press, Journal Pre-proofWhat are Journal Pre-proof articles? ReviewA scoping review of mHealth monitoring of pediatric bronchial asthma before and…
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Telehealth
S.1309 – Home Health Emergency Access to Telehealth Act
117th CONGRESS1st Session S. 1309 To provide payments for home health services furnished via visual or audio telecommunication systems during an emergency period. IN THE SENATE OF…
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What Are the Rules for Billing Remote Therapeutic Monitoring Codes?
Remote monitoring of patients is a way for healthcare providers to access information about patients who are not in the provider’s presence. Healthcare providers gather data from…
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FCC AWARDS ADDITIONAL $42.7 MILLION IN ROUND 2 OF COVID-19 TELEHEALTH PROGRAM
COVID-19 TELEHEALTH PROGRAM WASHINGTON, December 21, 2021—The Federal Communications Commission today approved an additional 68 applications for funding commitments totaling $42,702,383 for Round 2 of its COVID-19…
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CMS Announces Update to the State Medicaid & CHIP Telehealth Toolkit
Last week the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced it was releasing a supplement to its toolkit “State Medicaid & CHIP Telehealth Toolkit: Policy Considerations for States Expanding Use…
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Landmark Choose Home Bill Introduced in the House
The Choose Home Care Act of 2021 was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives early Friday morning. The legislation was previously introduced in the Senate at the end…
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