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May 13, 2021 Telehealth

HEAT Act Reintroduced in Senate

Tuesday, April 27th, 2021 WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 27, 2021)—A bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduced legislation on Thursday, April 22, to provide reimbursement to providers for telehealth…

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May 13, 2021 Telehealth

Senators Reintroduce Home Health Telehealth Legislation

The home health industry hasn’t given up on securing telehealth reimbursement during the public health emergency. Their tenacity is being rewarded with recent legislative movement on Capitol…

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May 12, 2021 CONNECT Act

The CONNECT Act is Back, Giving Telehealth Policy a 4th Shot at Passage

The CONNECT for Health Act is back before Congress for a 4th time, and backers say the massive telehealth bill could cross the finish line this time…

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May 12, 2021 Telehealth

HHS Unveils Telehealth Grants to Address Rural Maternal, Obstetrics Care

HHS is kicking off Black Maternal Health Week by offering three four-year grants, totaling $12 million, to projects aimed at boosting maternal health outcomes among underserved populations…

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May 12, 2021 Telehealth

Telehealth: A Temporary Fix or the Future of Health Care?

After a slow start, the pandemic forced an embrace of telehealth. Now it’s changing the way patient care takes place. By Walt Ellenberger Most telehealth visits with…

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May 12, 2021 COVID-19 - Coronavirus

3 COVID-19-Driven Healthcare Changes to Make Permanent

3 COVID-19-Driven Healthcare Changes to Make Permanent Living through a pandemic has taught us a lot about necessity — from what we can and cannot live without…

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May 12, 2021 Remote Patient Monitoring

COVID-19 Reaffirms: RPM is Wise Investment for Health Insurers

Significant attention has been paid to the recent surge in telehealth. This attention is valid. While usage of telehealth has declined from the initial months of the…

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May 12, 2021 Telehealth

Permanent changes finally coming to telehealth

As a result of the COVID-19 public health emergency, telehealth has evolved and will continue to evolve. As part of this evolution, CMS finalized a rule that…

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May 11, 2021 Telehealth

CMS adds 24 new codes for temporary telehealth coverage

CMS recently expanded its list of telehealth services covered during the COVID-19 pandemic to include 24 new audiology and speech-language pathology services. CMS issued the updated list of codes…

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May 11, 2021 Telehealth

Telehealth: Driving more effective, qualitative and accessible care for U.S. seniors

When the COVID-19 pandemic began within the United States in early 2020, residents of long-term care facilities — including assisted living communities, skilled nursing facilities, nursing homes and…

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May 11, 2021 Telehealth

AMA calls for Telehealth to be extended until end of year

The AMA has again called on the Government to further extend the temporary COVID-19 Medicare Telehealth items until the end of the year. “The Queensland outbreak and…

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May 11, 2021 Telehealth

Telehealth Becoming a Preferred Platform for Cardiovascular Care

A Cedars-Sinai study finds that patients – especially minorities and underserved populations – took advantage of telehealth to meet with their care providers for cardiovascular services during…

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May 11, 2021 Remote Patient Monitoring

Why remote patient monitoring is critical to reducing rehospitalizations

Remote patient monitoring (RPM) is used to monitor patients who are most at-risk for rehospitalizations, likely due to pre-existing chronic conditions such as diabetes, hypertension and respiratory…

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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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