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Sep 29, 2020 Telehealth

17 patient care organizations ink principles for telehealth regulations

Jackie Drees – Friday, September 25th, 2020 The American Heart Association and American Cancer Society and 15 other patient organizations on Sept. 24 released a set of principles for legislators to…

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Sep 29, 2020 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) - Medicare

New Bill Would Add Telehealth to Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program

A bill filed this week would expand the Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program to include telehealth services, thus improving access to care for millions of people at risk…

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Sep 28, 2020 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) - Medicare

Verma’s Comments Signal Turning Point for In-Home Care

By Robert Holly | September 24, 2020 The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Wednesday released $165 million in supplemental funding for Money Follows the Person (MFP) programs, which…

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Sep 25, 2020 American Telemedicine Association (ATA)

American Telemedicine Association Responds to Medicare Telehealth 2021 Proposed Rule

The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) issued a policy comment letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), advocating for telehealth-friendly changes to Medicare’s telehealth coverage and reimbursement rules. The…

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Sep 25, 2020 Telehealth

Viewpoint: 5 issues telehealth must address before permanent expansion

By Jackie Drees If telehealth is going to provide value to the healthcare system, it must address issues such as health equity and disparities in healthcare while…

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Sep 25, 2020 Telehealth

Federal Plan Proposes Improving Rural Health Care Through Telehealth

A new plan released by the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) earlier this month calls for improving rural health care services, especially by facilitating the expansion…

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Sep 24, 2020 COVID-19 - Coronavirus

How Independent Practices Can Come Out of COVID-19 Stronger

The economic fallout of COVID-19 may accelerate acquisitions of independent practices unless practice leaders consider new, but not necessarily novel, ways of doing business. By Jacqueline LaPointe September…

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Sep 24, 2020 COVID-19 - Coronavirus

NYC Hospitals Create Blueprint for COVID-19 Triage By Telehealth

The report, recently published in Medicina, was prepared by clinicians at NYU Langone Health and the NYU Long Island School of Medicine, both of which used telehealth…

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Sep 24, 2020 Telehealth

New Bill Looks to Mandate Payer Coverage for Telehealth Services

A bill introduced last week on Capitol Hill would prompt payers to cover any telehealth services if those services are also furnished in person. By Eric Wicklund September…

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Sep 23, 2020 COVID-19 - Coronavirus

Senior Living Tech Spending Skyrockets Amid Covid-19, With Questions About Future

Senior living providers are spending much more on technology during Covid-19, even if many of them are also not sure what they’ll do with it in the…

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Sep 23, 2020 COVID-19 - Coronavirus

Planning and clinical role of acute medical home care services for COVID‐19 – consensus position statement by the Hospital‐in‐the‐Home Society Australasia

Abstract During a pandemic when hospitals are stretched and patients need isolation, the role of hospital‐in‐the‐home (HITH) providing acute medical care at home has never been more…

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Sep 23, 2020 COVID-19 - Coronavirus

Health Care on the Other Side: Physician Compensation Models in a Post-COVID-19 Landscape

The COVID-19 pandemic has raised concern among health care leaders about the preparedness of acute care systems to adapt to and manage large-scale environmental disruptions. Current physician…

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Sep 23, 2020 Telehealth

ACR Survey Reveals Patients Struggle to Maintain Access to Care During COVID-19 Pandemic

September 18, 2020 Skylar Jeremias A survey from the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) revealed that patients with rheumatic diseases are struggling to get access to health…

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Sep 23, 2020 Telehealth

New CMS Payment Model for Kidney Care Could Boost Telehealth Use

The ESRD Treatment Choices (ETS) Model incentivizes providers who support home-based dialysis and care – and could open the door to more telehealth and remote patient monitoring…

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Sep 23, 2020 Telehealth

Telehealth Adoption Is a Challenge Worth Meeting

AACE leaders on embracing technology in medicine by Howard M. Lando, MD, and Susan L. Samson, MD, PhD September 18, 2020 Telehealth has been available as a tool…

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