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Sep 11, 2020 •COVID-19 - Coronavirus

Industry Voices—Consumers are flocking to telehealth because of COVID-19. They’ll stay for the convenience

efore the COVID-19 pandemic, patient adoption of telehealth was viewed as one of the biggest challenges to widespread deployment. Now, patient and provider use of telehealth has skyrocketed,…

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Sep 11, 2020 •Telehealth

How Employers Are Accelerating Virtual Care, Telehealth Adoption

Eight in ten large employers see virtual care and telehealth solutions as playing a significant role in healthcare delivery. Employers are emphasizing virtual care and telehealth in…

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Sep 11, 2020 •Telehealth

Viewpoint: 3 reasons state telehealth laws must be updated

Telehealth services will continue to grow in need and urgency even after the COVID-19 pandemic, so it is important that states update their existing laws, according to…

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Sep 11, 2020 •Telehealth

IS THERE A BRIGHT FUTURE FOR TELEMEDICINE IN A POST-COVID WORLD?

In the US, officials have opened up access to telehealth as part of efforts to control the spread of Covid-19. Natalie Healey speaks to Dr Nicol Turner Lee from the Brookings…

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Sep 11, 2020 •COVID-19 - Coronavirus

3 WAYS COVID-19 TRANSFORMED HEALTHCARE DELIVERY THROUGH TELEHEALTH

With the coronavirus crisis, health systems catapulted the industry into the future by accelerating virtual care initiatives that will forever change the way healthcare is delivered in…

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Sep 11, 2020 •Remote Patient Monitoring

WHAT’S NEXT FOR TELEHEALTH? OPPORTUNITIES FOR INNOVATION

Experts point to areas of potential growth and improvement in the telehealth landscape. While telehealth has accelerated in popularity, it is far from reaching its zenith. Tremendous…

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Sep 11, 2020 •COVID-19 - Coronavirus

The pandemic has created an opportunity to innovate delivery of telehealth services

The novel coronavirus (nCV) pandemic represents an unprecedented challenge to our health care system. Yet as a physician (Bruggeman) and U.S. senator/physician (Cassidy), we know that it…

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Sep 11, 2020 •Telehealth

Congresswoman’s Telehealth Bill Combines 9 Other Pieces of Legislation

US Rep. Ann Wagner’s Telehealth Act pulls together nine telehealth bills introduced over the past year – all by Republicans – in a bid to give lawmakers…

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Sep 11, 2020 •COVID-19 - Coronavirus

How remote patient monitoring can aid in the fight against COVID

In the context of the COVID-19 public health emergency, leveraging patient monitoring technology to eliminate unnecessary patient contact and ease the burden on hospitals, other health care…

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Sep 11, 2020 •Telehealth

The New Normal, Interrupted

U.S. healthcare was gearing up for a rebound that includes telehealth. But then the pandemic surged back. Don’t bother asking Keith Blechman, M.D., when his practice will…

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Sep 11, 2020 •Telehealth

Understanding the New Patient Preference for Telehealth Access

Emory Healthcare, like other systems during the pandemic, has leaned heavily on telehealth access. And now, there’s no going back. March 2020 brought about one of the…

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Sep 11, 2020 •Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) - Medicare

CMS Proposes Expanding Medicare Coverage of Telehealth Services

On August 3, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule that announces and solicits public comments on proposed policy changes for Medicare payments under…

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Sep 11, 2020 •Telehealth

NYC Surveys Identify Five Strategies to Boost Telehealth Adoption

The five strategies, laid out in a recent Health Affairs blog, target barriers to telehealth adoption that go beyond reimbursement issues. By Eric Wicklund September 11, 2020 – While federal…

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Sep 4, 2020 •Telehealth

Treats Act Aims to Expand Use of Telehealth to Treat Substance Use Disorder

A bipartisan pair of US senators have proposed legislation that would allow certain controlled substances to be prescribed via an initial telehealth encounter and—under certain conditions—expand Medicare…

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Sep 4, 2020 •COVID-19 - Coronavirus

CMS Takes a Preliminary Step to Make Certain COVID-19 Waivers Permanent

On August 4, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a proposed rule to update its payment policies under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) for…

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