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Virtual Exam and Virtual Care

Healthcare access, remote physical exams, rural and school health, reimbursement, clinical technology, and the evolving ways care can reach patients.

Jul 10, 2020 aTouchAway

Feasibility and Acceptability of Using a Telehealth Platform to Monitor Cardiovascular Risk Factors

Feasibility and Acceptability of Using a Telehealth Platform to Monitor Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Survivors at Risk for Cardiovascular Disease EllenChang1, AleksiIukuridze2, MeaganEchevarria2, Jennifer…

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Apr 24, 2020 Blog

Telehealth: Delivering Care Safely During COVID-19

During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, HHS has taken steps to make it easier to provide telehealth services. Telehealth — sometimes referred to as telemedicine — describes the…

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Apr 17, 2020 Blog

Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) In Medicare and COVID-19

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Apr 15, 2020 Blog

FCC Releases $200M COVID-19 Telehealth Program Guidance: Your Questions Answered

On April 2, 2020, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) released its Report and Order 20-44 outlining how it plans to distribute $200 million appropriated to it by the Coronavirus…

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Apr 15, 2020 Blog

COVID-19 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on Medicare Fee-for-Service (FFS) Billing

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Apr 13, 2020 Blog

COVID-19 response plan addresses unique challenges for rural hospitals and health systems

Major metropolitan areas such as New York, Seattle, and Detroit have dominated news of the COVID-19 outbreak, but rural hospitals and health care systems must also prepare…

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Apr 7, 2020 Blog

More Telehealth, Less Red Tape: What Agencies Should Know About CMS’s Home Health Changes

The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) took “unprecedented” action to reduce red tape for home health care agencies and other Medicare providers on Monday.…

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Apr 7, 2020 Blog

CMS Further Expands Telehealth Coverage Amid COVID-19 Measures

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid will further expand Medicare coverage of telehealth services and care as one of several moves the agency is making to increase…

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Apr 7, 2020 Blog

Coronavirus Glossary: Defining the Words Used to Describe a Pandemic

AS EVERYONE STRUGGLES through the coronavirus pandemic, unfamiliar terms are everywhere. Phrases such as social distancing, also now referred to as physical distancing, as well as droplet transmission and personal…

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Apr 7, 2020 Blog

The CMS is now covering 80 new telehealth services for Medicare members

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) made another big step to expand telehealth services to Medicare members, announcing it will now cover over 80 new services. The…

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Apr 7, 2020 Blog

Physician groups say decision by CMS to pay for patient visits via telephone will help revenue-strapped practices

Major physician groups said the decision by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to start paying physicians for patient visits that take place by telephone…

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Apr 7, 2020 Blog

Deploying a Telehealth Strategy to Mitigate the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Only weeks ago, American doctors’ waiting rooms were bustling with patients of all ages. This was no surprise as it is estimated that in an average year…

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Apr 7, 2020 Blog

CMS Announces Additional Expansion of Telehealth Services

On March 30, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced an additional temporary expansion of telehealth services to Medicare beneficiaries. CMS’s announcement of this…

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Apr 7, 2020 Blog

PICTURING TELEHEALTH IN A POST-PANDEMIC WORLD

“The game changer for telehealth post pandemic is a whole new population will now have the experience of using the technology for the first time,” says Gurpreet…

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Apr 7, 2020 Blog

CMS Expands Flexibilities in Response to COVID-19

On March 30, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a series of temporary waivers and an Interim Final Rule with Comment in response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19)…

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