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

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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Mar 9, 2021 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) - Medicare

Telehealth Update: Extension of the Public Health Emergency, OIG Workplan Updates, and the Protecting Access to Post-COVID 19 Telehealth Act

As we’ve discussed in previous posts, since the beginning of the pandemic, telehealth providers have seen a dramatic increase in demand for their services along with a…

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Mar 9, 2021 Telehealth

Capitol’s bipartisan bill authorizes $50M to ramp up telehealth services at nursing homes

Bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) aims to protect older Americans living in nursing homes from risking exposure to the coronavirus by increasing…

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