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Mar 3, 2020 •aTouchAway

4 Benefits of Remote Patient Monitoring for Doctors

Technology has irrevocably changed medicine. Though there have been a few hiccups over the course of human history in healthcare when it comes to integrative technology, most…

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Mar 3, 2020 •Blog

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is rolling out a new telehealth-enabled payment model for 911 triage

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has selected more than 200 emergency transport providers to participate in its Emergency Triage, Treat and Transport (ET3) model…

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Feb 27, 2020 •Blog

Humanizing health care with virtual health

Expanding the patient-centric care delivery model Ken Abrams, MD, MBA, Managing Director, National Chief Physician Executive, Deloitte Consulting LLPSummer Knight, MD, MBA, Virtual Health Platform Portfolio Leader,…

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Feb 7, 2020 •Blog

CMS to Add MA Telehealth Coverage for Kidney Disease, Specialty Care

In a proposed rule issued this week, CMS is boosting telehealth coverage in Medicare Advantage plans for members with end-stage renal disease and giving MA members more…

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Jan 26, 2020 •Blog

Payment Outlook: 60% of MA Plans Cover Telehealth, 95% of Post-Acute Providers Subject to Alternate Models

By Alex Spanko | January 26, 2020 The new fee-for-service Medicare model absorbed much of the oxygen around nursing home payment reform in 2019, but 2020 — as well as…

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Jan 7, 2020 •Blog

Here’s what providers need to know as RPM is poised for take-off with new CMS rules

With the new CMS rules going into effect in 2020, providers have more opportunity than ever before to seize these benefits by collecting critical patient information while…

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Dec 13, 2019 •Blog

Mortality and morbidity 1 year after stopping a remote patient management intervention: extended follow-up results from the telemedical interventional management in patients with heart failure II (TIM-HF2) randomised trial

Mortality and morbidity 1 year after stopping a remote patient management intervention: extended follow-up results from the telemedical interventional management in patients with heart failure II (TIM-HF2)…

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Dec 12, 2019 •Blog

Remote management of patients with heart failure—how long should it go on?

Remote management of patients with heart failure—how long should it go on? – The Lancet Digital Health Remote patient management (RPM) promises to improve patient care.1 Varma…

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Dec 12, 2019 •Blog

Gingrich & DeSantis: A health care revolution is coming – It could give you 24/7 access to a doctor

In Washington’s increasingly toxic atmosphere – filled with impeachment hearings, the jostling of the Democratic primary, and an obsession with trivial gaffes and scandal over substance –…

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Dec 3, 2019 •Blog

Home health to pare down therapy services, up telehealth offerings

Alex Kacik Home health providers will look to significantly expand their telehealth offerings as they curtail their therapy services, according to a new survey. The number of…

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Dec 3, 2019 •aTouchAway

Home health agencies expanding, rolling out more telehealth services

Author: Linda Wilson Dive Brief: Home health agencies are growing their businesses, with 43% of them planning to expand or add services in the next two years,…

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Dec 2, 2019 •Blog

Telehealth is Here to Stay: New 50 State Survey of Commercial Insurance Laws Reveals Progress

Two years after Foley’s 2017 Telemedicine and Digital Health Survey uncovered a demand for telemedicine and digital health services, as well as coverage and reimbursement to match the…

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Nov 15, 2019 •aTouchAway

Telehealth creates a new kind of health care experience

Maria knew something was wrong. A working mom in her mid-thirties, Maria has diabetes — and she was feeling more fatigued than usual. She thought it could…

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Nov 11, 2019 •Blog

California Increases Telemedicine Payments to Reduce Medicaid Costs

Medi-Cal, California’s sprawling Medicaid program, is working under new rules expanding reimbursement for telemedicine. Medi-Cal currently serves more than 13.5 million residents. Telemedicine is increasingly seen as…

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Nov 8, 2019 •Blog

Legislation Re-Introduced to Expand Access to Telehealth Under Medicare

A bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation on October 30th designed to expand Medicare beneficiaries’ access to telehealth services. The bill is called the Creating Opportunities Now…

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