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Nov 5, 2020 •Telehealth

Can Telehealth Support After-Hours Patient-Provider Communication?

Patients have the digital health literacy and tools needed to implement telehealth for after-hours patient-provider communication. By Sara Heath October 28, 2020 – Patients are receptive to the idea of…

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Nov 5, 2020 •Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) - Medicare

Medicare Telehealth Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Program Integrity Risks

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, CMS implemented a number of waivers and flexibilities that allowed Medicare beneficiaries to access a wider range of telehealth services without…

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Nov 5, 2020 •Telehealth

‘Telehealth’ emerging as important lifeline to connect patients with caregivers

When the coronavirus pandemic hit the United States early this year, it sent shockwaves across our economy and pushed many of the nation’s public health systems to…

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Nov 5, 2020 •Medicaid

Cassidy, Colleagues Introduce MOM Act to Improve Health Care for Expectant Mothers

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Todd Young (R-IN) and Tom Carper (D-DE) today introduced bipartisan legislation aimed at improving health care for…

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Nov 5, 2020 •Telehealth

Telehealth reimbursement may be changing. How should providers prepare?

Healthcare lawyer Andrew Selesnick said one key will be to establish a stable, user-friendly platform that can make documentation seamless. By Kat Jercich October 27, 2020 10:58…

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Nov 5, 2020 •Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) - Medicare

Deloitte: Medicare Advantage plans that don’t embrace telehealth ‘will get left behind’

COVID-19 has dramatically accelerated the adoption of digital health, and a new analysis from Deloitte finds that trend extends similarly to Medicare Advantage (MA) beneficiaries. Deloitte researchers…

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Nov 5, 2020 •Telemedicine

How Telehealth Can Help Stroke Patients in Rural Hospitals

A new study from the University of Georgia has investigated the reasons why stroke patients treated in rural hospitals have more negative outcomes and a higher risk of death.…

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Nov 5, 2020 •Telehealth

Report Notes CMS Program’s Success With Telehealth for Senior Care

PACE, a Medicare-Medicaid program serving thousands of seniors in 31 states, used telehealth to keep that care going during the pandemic. That success could spur more programs…

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Nov 4, 2020 •Telehealth

Bipartisan bill would improve access to telehealth services

The bipartisan Home Health Emergency Access to Telehealth (HEAT) Act, introduced by Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Ben Cardin (D-MD), if passed, would provide Medicare reimbursement for audio and…

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Nov 4, 2020 •Medicaid

Medicaid Plans Need to Prioritize Maternal, Infant Telehealth

As payer and provider organizations look to improve health outcomes around the far-reaching impacts of the pandemic, they must consider the unique needs of some of our…

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Nov 4, 2020 •Telehealth

CMS Expands Telehealth yet again under the PHE

Is this “new normal” a false reality? As we are now well into October, many months into COVID-19, I think we all have to look at what…

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Nov 4, 2020 •Telehealth

CMS Looks Beyond COVID-19 For Telehealth Expansion

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has further expanded the list of telehealth services that Medicare Fee-For-Service will pay for during the COVID-19 public health emergency…

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Nov 4, 2020 •Telehealth

What is the long-term prognosis for telehealth?

In healthcare technology, throughout the first 10 months of 2020, there’s been little discussed as much as telehealth and telemedicine topics. The reasons for such are obvious…

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Nov 4, 2020 •Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) - Medicare

Lawmakers Eye Medicare Coverage for Telehealth in Home Health Care

Bills introduced in both the Senate and House last week call for Medicare coverage for home health care services provided via telehealth during a public health emergency.…

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Nov 4, 2020 •COVID-19 - Coronavirus

Will telehealth growth outlast the pandemic? 10 execs weigh in

Telehealth growth has sped up during the pandemic, but whether it continues long-term is a point of debate among hospital and health system CIOs. The fate of…

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