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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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Mar 7, 2020 Blog

Coronavirus Scare Gives Telehealth an Opening to Redefine Healthcare

With the coronavirus threatening to become a pandemic, health systems and telehealth vendors see this as an opportunity to bring connected health to the forefront – and…

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Mar 7, 2020 Blog

PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNS $8.3B CORONAVIRUS FUNDING BILL, TELEHEALTH RESTRICTIONS WAIVED

The decision to waive restrictions on telemedicine for Medicare beneficiaries was praised by the American Telehealth Association. President Donald Trump signed an $8.3 billion emergency funding measure…

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Mar 7, 2020 Blog

How telehealth is being used to limit the spread of coronavirus: 6 things to know

The American Telemedicine Associationcommended Congress on March 5 for passing an $8.3 billion emergency funding package, which includes a provision to waive telehealth restrictions for Medicare beneficiaries, to…

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Mar 7, 2020 Blog

Telehealth: 5 Key Takeaways from the Coronavirus Spending Bill

“Caution is appropriate. Preparedness is appropriate. Panic is not.” (~ U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams, commenting on the coronavirus) The recent coronavirus outbreak is gaining world attention…

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Mar 3, 2020 aTouchAway

Reaching rural patients through telehealth

We’ve come a long way in medicine over the last decade, but the struggle to merely access quality health services for the 15 to 20 percent of…

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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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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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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 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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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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