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Mar 11, 2020 •Blog

To Avoid Quarantining Healthcare Workers, Hospitals Expand Telehealth to Screen for COVID-19

Thanks to COVID-19, we’re running low on personal protective equipment (PPE), hand sanitizers, and allegedly, in some cases, responsible oversight of government responders. Now it appears that we may run low…

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Mar 11, 2020 •Blog

Industry Leans on Telehealth to Tackle COVID-19 Outbreak

As the COVID-19 outbreak encroaches into communities across the US, payers, providers, and vendors are using telehealth to expand access to care. By Samantha McGrail March 10, 2020 – Blue…

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Mar 11, 2020 •Blog

How Are Payers Covering COVID-19 Testing for High-Risk Patients?

Populations most vulnerable to high out-of-pocket costs for COVID-19 testing include low-income, uninsured, underinsured, and immigrants. Source: Getty ImagesShare on Twitter By Kelsey Waddill March 09, 2020 – As the…

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Mar 11, 2020 •Blog

CMS Issues Home Health COVID-19 Guidance, Eases Supplies Standards

After days of issuing updated guidance for skilled nursing operators and other Medicare providers regarding COVID-19, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is now…

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Mar 10, 2020 •aTouchAway

Coronavirus Scare Likely to Boost Telehealth Adoption Among Home-Based Care Providers

On Thursday, the Senate approved a bill that will provide $8.3 billion in emergency funds to help mitigate the effects of COVID-19, otherwise known as the coronavirus.…

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Mar 10, 2020 •Blog

COVID-19 Update: Reimbursement issues – Who is picking up the tab for coronavirus testing?

Insurance coverageIn a statement on March 6, 2020, the Board of Directors for America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) announced that insurers are voluntarily covering the diagnostic testing of COVID-19…

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Mar 9, 2020 •aTouchAway

Telehealth Shaping Up for COVID-19

Cardiology illustrates what specialties can do to be ready As COVID-19 coronavirus encroaches into communities across the U.S., cardiology’s use of telemedicine could set a precedent for…

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Mar 8, 2020 •Blog

AS CORONAVIRUS SPREADS, MEDICARE GETS TELEMEDICINE OPTION

WASHINGTON (AP) — The coronavirus legislation signed by President Donald Trump on Friday lets Medicare expand the use of telemedicine in outbreak areas, potentially reducing infection risks…

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Mar 7, 2020 •Blog

TELEHEALTH’S BIG MOMENT, WITH CAVEATS

Despite a win in the $8.3 billion coronavirus package, telehealth advocates and their allies in Congress are still pushing for broader changes, they tell us. A provision in…

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Mar 7, 2020 •Blog

Feds look to telehealth to rein in Covid-19 coronavirus

If brick-and-mortar facilities are overloaded, “keeping people out of the health care system physically could be in everybody’s interest.” By Allison Bell | March 06, 2020 at 10:43 AM The…

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Mar 7, 2020 •Blog

How technology can help to contain COVID-19 — and how it can’t

As the world navigates the coronavirus outbreak, a few key technologically advanced tools are front and center in the fight to contain COVID-19. Digital tools like telehealth, consumer-facing…

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Mar 7, 2020 •Blog

Coronavirus Bill Lifts Some Restrictions on Telehealth

Allows for broadband-delivered house calls to Medicare recipients Congress is employing broadband in the fight against the coronavirus. The COVD-19 supplemental funding packagethat was signed by President Trump…

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Mar 7, 2020 •Blog

Trump’s $8.3B coronavirus spending bill lifts Medicare telehealth restrictions: 5 things to know

On March 6, President Donald Trump signed an emergency funding bill in response to the coronavirus outbreak, which includes $500 million in waivers for Medicare telehealth restrictions,…

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Mar 7, 2020 •Blog

Telehealth Beyond The Hospital

The industry of telehealth is expanding for many reasons, including increased access to technology, a demand for more affordable health services and the desire for convenient care.…

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Mar 7, 2020 •Blog

Congress Expands Medicare Telehealth Benefit Amid Coronavirus Concerns

Our Health Care Group examines provisions in the emergency coronavirus spending bill Congress has sent to the President that affect how the Department of Health and Human…

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