COVID-19 - Coronavirus
15 words that changed, defined healthcare this past year
The COVID-19 pandemic changed life as we know it forever — and how we talk about it. Below are 15 words that have gained a new meaning…
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Telemedicine
Healthcare access, remote physical exams, rural and school health, reimbursement, clinical technology, and the evolving ways care can reach patients.
Remote Patient Monitoring
How Medical Practices Can Succeed At Remote Patient Monitoring
Once mastered, the remote patient monitoring platform gives the practice a pathway to establishing meaningful care management. June 07, 2021 – As the nation’s healthcare ecosystem looks to embrace…
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Telehealth
Congress to Get Another Shot at Telehealth Coverage for Specialists
Lawmakers have resubmitted the Expanded Telehealth Access Act, which would permanently extend Medicare coverage to telehealth services provided by physical and occupational therapists, audiologists and speech and…
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Telemedicine
FAQs on Telemedicine and HIPAA During the Public Health Emergency
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, federal agencies have sought to allow health care companies more flexibility to use popular technology and applications to better engage with their patients. One example…
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Telehealth
Menendez, Sullivan Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Close Digital Divide, Address Disparities in Maternal Mortality
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), a senior member of the Senate Finance Committee that sets national health policy, and Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) formally introduced…
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Telemedicine
New HHS Secretary Becerra urged to expand digital health access
Minutes after the full Senate confirmed Xavier Becerra’s cabinet nomination, advocacy groups were reminding him of the need to bring the American healthcare system “into the 21st…
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Telehealth
Quality Virtual Care Matters for Patients – Even More Than Telehealth
The COVID-19 pandemic made healthcare visits over video or phone the norm, likely turning telehealth into a permanent fixture within the U.S. healthcare system. In fact, the majority of patient access…
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Remote Patient Monitoring
COVID-19 Reaffirms: RPM is Wise Investment for Health Insurers
Significant attention has been paid to the recent surge in telehealth. This attention is valid. While usage of telehealth has declined from the initial months of the…
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Telehealth
Permanent changes finally coming to telehealth
As a result of the COVID-19 public health emergency, telehealth has evolved and will continue to evolve. As part of this evolution, CMS finalized a rule that…
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American Telemedicine Association (ATA)
America’s Access to Care Crisis: Telemedicine Provides the Solution
As the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the United States in early 2020, telemedicine took a giant leap forward in popularity. Because of the pandemic and under the…
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Telehealth
Protecting Access to Post-COVID-19 Telehealth Act Reintroduced to Congress
This week, a bipartisan group of lawmakers reintroduced the Protecting Access to Post-COVID-19 Telehealth Act to the U.S. House of Representatives. Telehealth has expanded both at the individual provider…
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Telehealth
Telehealth and Telemedicine Tech Changes in the COVID-19 Era
Improved access to telehealth and telemedicine is just one of many things that have changed since we all began to navigate the world wrought by the COVID-19…
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Telehealth
Report shows ‘vast improvement’ in state telehealth reimbursement policies
The report by Foley & Lardner found that 43 states and D.C. have implemented a version of a state telehealth commercial payer law – although payment parity…
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aTouchAway
How to Improve Patient Care with Remote Patient Monitoring Solutions
Remote healthcare has taken big leaps forward over the past year, spurred on equally by new technologies and the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The biggest winners:…
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Telehealth
U.S. Lawmakers Reintroduce House Bill to Safeguard Telehealth Access
Tuesday, January 26th, 2021 WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 26, 2021)—Rep. Mike Thompson (D-California), founder and co-chair of the Congressional Telehealth Caucus, along with caucus Co-Chairs Reps. Peter Welch…
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