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May 11, 2021 •Telehealth

During the Pandemic, Remote Patient Monitoring Took on New Meaning for Doctors

When the COVID-19 pandemic began, no industry was hit more drastically than the healthcare industry. Experts and organizations across the industry had to manage both the enormous…

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May 10, 2021 •American Telemedicine Association (ATA)

America’s Access to Care Crisis: Telemedicine Provides the Solution

As the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the United States in early 2020, telemedicine took a giant leap forward in popularity. Because of the pandemic and under the…

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May 10, 2021 •Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

FCC moves forward with $250M telehealth program with a focus on equitable distribution

The Federal Communications Commission this week unanimously approved a process for distributing nearly $250 million to help healthcare providers deliver telehealth services. The second round of funding (PDF) for…

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Mar 24, 2021 •Telehealth

What Is Telehealth?

Telehealth is a way to receive healthcare services remotely through various communication technologies. The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) defines telehealth as “the use of medical information exchanged…

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Mar 18, 2021 •Telehealth

Protecting Access to Post-COVID-19 Telehealth Act Reintroduced to Congress

This week, a bipartisan group of lawmakers reintroduced the Protecting Access to Post-COVID-19 Telehealth Act to the U.S. House of Representatives. Telehealth has expanded both at the individual provider…

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Mar 18, 2021 •COVID-19 - Coronavirus

The Other Shoe Drops: OIG To Audit COVID-19 Telehealth Home Health Services

Monday, February 1, 2021 In response to the ongoing COVID-19 public health emergency (the “PHE”) first declared on March 13, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid…

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Mar 18, 2021 •Remote Patient Monitoring

How RPM Can Reduce Unnecessary Hospitalizations

Keeping eyes on patients at a distanceby Tiffany HornThursday, February 11th, 2021 Remote patient monitoring (RPM) programs are leading the charge to leverage mobile technology and portable…

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Mar 17, 2021 •Telehealth

22 states with reimbursement provisions for telehealth

Twenty-two states have laws that address payment and reimbursement rates for telehealth services, including requiring commercial insurers to pay providers the same rate for services delivered via telehealth as…

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Mar 17, 2021 •Telehealth

Telehealth and Telemedicine Tech Changes in the COVID-19 Era

Improved access to telehealth and telemedicine is just one of many things that have changed since we all began to navigate the world wrought by the COVID-19…

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Mar 15, 2021 •Remote Patient Monitoring

Three Things to Look for in a Remote Patient Monitoring Solution

Remote patient monitoring (RPM) has proven to be a solid solution for helping seniors age in place without consistent trips to the doctor’s office, clinic, or emergency…

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Mar 15, 2021 •COVID-19 - Coronavirus

COVID 19 and Community Behavioral Health Care

Editor’s Note: In a new report for the California Health Care Foundation, summarized below, Manatt Health discusses the impact of key legal changes that supported the delivery…

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Mar 15, 2021 •Telehealth

Recognizing and Testing Telehealth Models in Oncology Care First

Introduction to the Quality Outlook: Cancer and COVID-19 – Looking Ahead to Telehealth Post-Pandemic Mini-Series Tom Valuck, MD, JD—Blog Editor The pandemic has dramatically impacted cancer care,…

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Mar 9, 2021 •Telehealth

Report shows ‘vast improvement’ in state telehealth reimbursement policies

The report by Foley & Lardner found that 43 states and D.C. have implemented a version of a state telehealth commercial payer law – although payment parity…

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Mar 9, 2021 •Medicaid

Florida Mulls Medicaid Coverage for Asynchronous Telehealth, RPM

A bill introduced last month in Florida would give the state’s Medicaid program the option to provide coverage for asynchronous (store-and-forward) telehealth services and remote patient monitoring…

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Mar 9, 2021 •Telehealth

Benefiting Permanently from Telehealth’s Transformation by COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic transformed telehealth by creating a sudden imperative for remote delivery of medical care to the benefit of patients and providers alike. That transformation has…

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