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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

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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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 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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Nov 11, 2019 •Blog

California Increases Telemedicine Payments to Reduce Medicaid Costs

Medi-Cal, California’s sprawling Medicaid program, is working under new rules expanding reimbursement for telemedicine. Medi-Cal currently serves more than 13.5 million residents. Telemedicine is increasingly seen as…

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Oct 21, 2019 •aTouchAway

California Enacts Telehealth Payment Parity, Boosts Asynchronous Care

California Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed several telehealth bills, making the state among a dozen to support payment parity, store-and-forward care and telemedicine abortions. By Eric Wicklund October…

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