Telehealth
The Future of Telehealth: Patient-Generated Data
A doctor gets ready to meet with her patient on a telehealth visit, looking at the medical chart for real-time EKG and temperature results just before signing…
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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.
COVID-19 - Coronavirus
4 Ways to Use Technology Against the Pandemic
SEATTLE, Washington — The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act is offering funds for tech upgrades across the United States. This is incentivizing companies to…
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Telehealth
Defining Quality in Telehealth: An Urgent Pandemic Priority
Quality impacts health outcomes. But do in-person quality measures meaningfully translate to telemedicine? Do the same measures that predict a doctor’s ability to deliver excellent in-person care…
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Telehealth
Here’s How Telehealth Can Save You (and Your Doctor) Money
When a mysterious rash broke out on Missy Eckstein’s face and stomach, her first instinct was to head to the local urgent care facility to have someone…
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COVID-19 - Coronavirus
[Updated] Lawmakers Introduce New Bill Paving the Way for Home Health Telehealth Reimbursement
Home health providers are one step closer to getting the No. 1 thing they’ve been asking for since the COVID-19 pandemic began: reimbursement for telehealth-driven visits. On…
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Demand for virtual mental health care is soaring. Here are key trends on who is using it and why
The COVID-19 pandemic is driving enormous demand for virtual mental health care services. Teletherapy providers have seen record uptake since March, and the need for mental health…
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Home Health Telehealth Benefit Goes Before Congress
WASHINGTON (October 23, 2020)—U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) introduced the Home Health Emergency Access to Telehealth (HEAT) Act late Friday, a bipartisan bill…
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Telehealth
CMS Expands List of Telehealth Services Covered by Medicare
On October 14, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) expanded the list of telehealth services that Medicare Fee-For-Service will pay for during the coronavirus disease 2019…
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Hospitals Scramble To Offer Telehealth, Home Services Amid Covid-19
Reduced demand for lucrative elective procedures is forcing hospital systems to merge or partner up to augment other services that have boomed during the pandemic. By Sydney Halleman…
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) - Medicare
CMS Expands Medicare Telehealth Services List and Support for State Medicaid Telehealth
On October 14, 2020, CMS added eleven (11) new services to its Medicare telehealth list that are payable during the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE). This latest…
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Health systems are split on whether to keep telehealth if reimbursements drop
Only 20% of US health systems said they’d continue offering telehealth if reimbursement rates reverted to pre-pandemic levels. This could make patients flock to direct-to-consumer virtual care…
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COVID-19 - Coronavirus
Lawmakers Eye Medicare Coverage for COVID-19 Tests Via Telehealth
A new bill before Congress would mandate Medicare coverage for at-home COVID-19 tests integrated with a telehealth platform. By Eric Wicklund October 22, 2020 – Lawmakers are now trying to…
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COVID-19 - Coronavirus
COVID-19 Sparks Boom in Digital Hospitals with Smart Technologies, Improving Quality of Care
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Frost & Sullivan’s recent analysis, Digital Hospitals: Creating Growth Opportunities in Patient Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond, finds that digital hospitals…
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) - Medicare
What’s new in the Medicare landscape for 2021?
Medicare Advantage plans are available for people with End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) as of 2021. Medical Advantage plans have the flexibility to include telehealth provider in practice…
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Home Health Emergency Access to Telehealth (HEAT) Act
Collins, Cardin Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Improve Access to Home Health Care Furnished By Telehealth Amid Public Health Emergencies
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Ben Cardin (D-MD) introduced the Home Health Emergency Access to Telehealth (HEAT) Act, a bipartisan bill to provide Medicare reimbursement for…
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