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Expanding Telehealth Beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic is entering a new stage of global spread. The outbreak has generated a frenzy of activity related to telehealth, which offers a unique capacity…
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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.
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Medicare Expands Telehealth Services in Response to Coronavirus
As federal officials continue to urge Americans – particularly older adults – to stay in their homes to stem the spread of the coronavirus, President Donald Trump on…
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Trump administration lays out new health, economic steps to combat virus
Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump on Tuesday laid out new efforts his administration is undertaking as part of the federal response to the spread of novel coronavirus in the US.Officials on the…
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CMS announces major shift to expand telehealth Medicare coverage to nursing home beneficiaries, others as COVID-19 strategy
The federal government is stripping away barriers to Medicare telehealth coverage as a frontline response to the coronavirus outbreak, which feeds on person-to-person contact and has proven…
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CMS Takes Significant Action to Spur Use of Telehealth Services for Duration of COVID-19 Emergency
On March 13, 2020, President Donald Trump issued a proclamation declaring a national emergency concerning the novel coronavirus disease (the “Emergency Declaration”). The president framed the emergency declaration as…
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CMS Expands Nursing Home Telehealth Coverage, Waives HIPAA Penalties During COVID-19 Outbreak
The Trump administration on Tuesday announced an emergency expansion of telehealth coverage for Medicare beneficiaries amid the COVID-19 outbreak, removing multiple regulatory barriers to doctors providing remote…
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CMS loosens telehealth laws after national emergency declared for COVID-19
On Friday, President Donald Trump declared a national emergency related to the Covid-19 pandemic. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services loosened requirements that would make it…
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Congressional Health Care Law Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
One day after the declaration of a state of emergency by the Trump administration on Friday, March 13, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 6201, the Families…
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Trump boosts telehealth services in the fight against coronavirus
(CNN)President Donald Trump offered Americans a fresh weapon to fight the novel coronavirus in his Rose Garden emergency declaration on Friday: Telehealth.In his remarks, Trump said his administration will waive…
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Coronavirus: New Guidance For Medicare Advantage and Part D Plans
On Monday, March 9, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) released information on permissible flexibilities and obligations that are in effect during a disaster and…
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Telemedicine Is a Safety Valve for a Strained Health Care System
As coronavirus spreads, health officials have had to adopt a very cold calculus. Resources are scarce, so they can only test a limited number of people. Those who are infected…
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Virtually Perfect? Telemedicine for Covid-19
Recognizing that patients prioritize convenient and inexpensive care, Duffy and Lee recently asked whether in-person visits should become the second, third, or even last option for meeting…
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What the U.S. Needs to Do — Right Now — to Fight Coronavirus
The coronavirus epidemic is rapidly escalating in the United States. In addition to social distancing measures, such as canceling public events and working from home, we need a health system…
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Telehealth used in an attempt to curb coronavirus
As the pandemic that is the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) grows, telehealth technology is finding its footing as people become more concerned about their level of exposure to…
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Doctors and Patients Turn to Telemedicine in the Coronavirus Outbreak
The use of virtual visits climbs as a way of safely treating patients and containing spread of the infection at hospitals, clinics and medical offices. The man…
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