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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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Oct 20, 2019 •aTouchAway

California Governor Signs New Telehealth Insurance Law

On October 11, 2019, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a new law requiring commercial health insurance coverage and payment parity for telehealth services. The law will benefit patients by…

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Oct 13, 2019 •Blog

Brian Donohue column: The potential of telehealth for cancer patients in Virginia

A cancer diagnosis changes everything. First, you receive this earth-shattering news and then, you enter the maze of cancer care, with countless visits to specialists and other…

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Oct 10, 2019 •Blog

Bipartisan support keeps telehealth adoption moving forward

Over the last decade, few issues in politics have been more polarizing than healthcare. It’s driven a deep wedge between Democrats and Republicans, particularly following the passage…

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Sep 24, 2019 •Blog

Telehealth Continues To Change The Face Of Healthcare Delivery – For The Better

As the federal government, via Medicare/Medicaid, and insurance companies strive to keep “heads out of beds” (e.g., patients managed into an outpatient setting [your doctor’s office] vs.…

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