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Jun 1, 2022 Blog

2 New Telehealth Bills Aim to Solidify Expanded Virtual Care Access

Two bills, introduced in the US House and Senate, aim to extend certain flexibilities enacted during the COVID-19 pandemic. By Mark Melchionna June 01, 2022 – Congress will consider two…

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Apr 1, 2022 Blog

Bipartisan legislation would broaden telehealth benefits for employees

The Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act would amend HIPAA and the Affordable Care Act to allow employers to offer standalone telehealth service programs – not unlike…

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Mar 26, 2022 Blog

4 Remote Patient Monitoring Reimbursement Tips for Your Practice

By: Collin Couey on March 25, 2022 Historical reimbursement notice (November 2026): This March 2022 article includes historical Medicare remote patient monitoring payment estimates, code descriptions, and revenue projections.…

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Mar 23, 2022 Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

FCC Closes Out Connected Care Pilot With $30M in New Grants

Sixteen new projects have been selected to receive the funding in the last round of the program established in 2020 to support the advancement of connected care.…

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Mar 18, 2022 Blog

Congress Extends Telehealth Flexibilities: 7 Things You Need to Know

The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (the Act), was passed by the U.S. House and Senate on March 9th and 10th, 2022, and signed into law by the President on March…

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Nov 2, 2021 Blog

CMS Physician Payment Rule Promotes Greater Access to Telehealth Services, Diabetes Prevention Programs

Final Rule Advances Health Equity, Person-Centered Care On November 2, CMS is announcing actions that will advance its strategic commitment to drive innovation to support health equity…

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Oct 20, 2021 Blog

Telehealth 101 – Basics of Telehealth & Terms Used

This introductory video will provide you with an understanding of some of the different modalities and terms that are frequently used in telehealth and telehealth policy.

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Oct 18, 2021 Blog

What Is Telehealth and How Does It Work?

There are services on the internet that let you track COVID-19 in your area or recover from burnout related to COVID. But are these telehealth, telemedicine, or neither? The terms…

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Oct 18, 2021 Blog

New Toolkit Aims to Help Telehealth Programs Negotiate Payer Reimbursement

An organization focused on supporting virtual-first programs has created a toolkit designed to help healthcare providers negotiate reimbursement with third party payers for their telehealth services. By Eric…

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Oct 18, 2021 Blog

Telemonitoring Reduces Some Exacerbation-Related Health Care Use in COPD

The study aimed to identify the usefulness of telemonitoring to detect and manage acute exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD). Telemonitoring can reduce emergency department (ED) visits and exacerbation-related…

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Oct 13, 2021 Blog

Virtual care with remote monitoring reduces patients’ pain, drug errors: study

Patients monitored virtually after nonelective surgery had significantly reduced pain and greater detection and correction of medication errors, according to researchers at McMaster University in Ontario. The…

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Sep 29, 2021 Remote Patient Monitoring

3 Ways Remote Patient Management Reduces Strain On Our Healthcare Systems

Since late 2019, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought a great deal of attention to healthcare systems around the globe. One topic that commonly comes up in the…

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Sep 20, 2021 Blog

VA offers $1B telehealth contract opportunity

The contract is aimed at procuring remote patient monitoring and telemedicine devices, to be distributed to VA facilities or to veterans. By Kat Jercich September 17, 2021…

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Aug 13, 2021 Telehealth

Telehealth supports hospice and palliative care providers, patients and caregivers

The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 quickly led to rapid adoption of telehealth across all healthcare sectors, including hospice and palliative care. A year later,…

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Aug 13, 2021 Telemedicine

22 states changed telemedicine laws during the pandemic

Most pursued changes via administrative action, according to a new Commonwealth Fund report, which may not be a permanent solution after the COVID-19 public health emergency ends.…

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