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Jun 29, 2020 Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs)

Which Telehealth Changes Will Become Permanent? Hints May Come Next Month

Four months since the start of the public health emergency arising from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, one of the most acknowledged silver linings for providers…

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Jun 29, 2020 Blog

Lawmakers introduce bill to make Medicare coverage permanent for certain telehealth services

U.S. Reps. G.K. Butterfield, D-N.C., and Glenn Thompson, R-Pa., introduced a bill on June 12 that would codify Medicare reimbursement for community health centers and rural health clinics for…

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Jun 29, 2020 Blog

Senior Telehealth Use Continues to Rise, Despite Home Health Limitations

By Bailey Bryant | June 15, 2020 The health care sector has long had the capability to use telehealth, but it took the COVID-19 emergency to prompt widespread adoption. After…

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Jun 29, 2020 Blog

Bipartisan letter signed urging expansion of access to telehealth services for Medicare beneficiaries

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen, a member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), joined a bipartisan letter led by Senators Brian…

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Jun 29, 2020 Blog

4 Telehealth Concerns For Care Management After COVID-19

By Sarah Blumenthal and Richard Harris The COVID-19 pandemic has stirred an urgent need for alternative approaches to patient health assessments, patient monitoring and patient education to reduce…

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Jun 29, 2020 Blog

Hello, Opportunity Here. Is Anyone Home? — COVID-19 gives us a chance to re-make our healthcare system for the better

Restart? Revamp? Revive? Renew? No one’s totally sure what we should be calling this, this reconfiguration (maybe that’s the word?), but it must be the brave new…

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Jun 29, 2020 Blog

The FCC distributed $100 million to health systems in order to improve telehealth infrastructure

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) allocated nearly $105 million in funding to over 300 healthcare providers to boost telehealth infrastructure as coronavirus outbreaks continue, per Fierce Healthcare. The CARES…

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Jun 29, 2020 Blog

Congress Questions FCC on Details of COVID-19 Telehealth Program

Congress is asking the FCC to provide weekly reports, beginning this week, on the number of providers approved for funding from the telehealth program, as well as…

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Jun 25, 2020 Blog

Telehealth Sustainability Requires a Willingness to Adapt to New Ideas

When its three-year telehealth pilot ended and the grant money ran out, Long Island Select Healthcare took stock of its options and decided to change its approach…

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Jun 25, 2020 Blog

Telehealth as a Means to Health Care

The pandemic has changed the way we view healthcare, especially doctor visits for the entire family. The new normal to ensure the health and safety of all…

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Jun 25, 2020 Blog

Telehealth best practices: Building a long-term workflow

In the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak many health care practices were forced to implement telehealth as quickly as possible, and often didn’t have enough runway to…

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Jun 24, 2020 Blog

3 strategies for rural hospitals to use telehealth

By Madeline Chaillet and Darby Sullivan Health care executives have long reported interest in telehealth, recognizing its potential to alleviate barriers to access, among other challenges, in rural communities.…

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Jun 24, 2020 Blog

Medicare administrator: It’s time to get back to non-Covid health care

Near the outset of the grueling war against Covid-19, President Donald Trump directed my agency, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), to recommend the postponement of…

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Jun 24, 2020 Blog

Senators back sustaining telehealth momentum post pandemic

Dive Brief: Senators on both sides of the aisle signaled their support for permanently removing restrictions to telehealth use at a hearing of the Senate Health, Education,…

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Jun 24, 2020 Blog

SENATE HEARING DEMONSTRATES SUPPORT FOR PERMANENT CHANGES TO SOME TELEHEALTH POLICIES

Originating site and expansion of CMS reimbursement receive greatest support; parity pay may face an uphill battle. Senators at Health Committee hearing expressed support for continuing certain…

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