As the COVID-19 pandemic continues across the United States, states, payers, and providers are looking for ways to expand access to telehealth services. Telehealth is an essential tool in ensuring patients are able to access the healthcare services they need in as safe a manner as possible. In order to provide our clients with quick […]
Pressure is ratcheting up on Congress to extend, and possibly make permanent, the eased access to telehealth for Medicare beneficiaries that has been in effect since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. On January 28, 45 members of Congress from both parties wrote to the leaders of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives urging them to introduce […]
The end of 2021 brings positive indications of the continued acceptance of telehealth as an important clinical care approach post public health emergency (“PHE”). The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”), like other payors, overhauled its approach to telehealth services in response to the COVID-19 PHE. In the CY 2022 Physician Fee Schedule Final […]
At the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) quickly moved to waive a number of regulatory requirements. These waivers provided hospitals and health systems with critical flexibilities to manage what has been a prolonged and unpredictable pandemic. Hospitals and health systems used these newly permitted tools to increase […]
If enacted into law, the omnibus spending package will extend numerous telehealth waivers for Medicare beneficiaries at least five months after the public health crisis has ended. By Anuja Vaidya March 10, 2022 – The new omnibus spending bill, introduced in the House of Representatives Wednesday, includes several provisions to extend telehealth flexibilities for Medicare patients. The $1.5 trillion […]
Round 2 of Program Supported 447 Health Care Providers Throughout the Country WASHINGTON, January 26, 2022—The Federal Communications Commission today approved an additional 100 applications for funding commitments totaling $47.89 million for its COVID-19 Telehealth Program. This is the FCC’s sixth and final funding announcement of approved Round 2 applications. The FCC’s COVID-19 Telehealth Program […]
Paediatric Respiratory Reviews Available online 17 January 2022In Press, Journal Pre-proofWhat are Journal Pre-proof articles? ReviewA scoping review of mHealth monitoring of pediatric bronchial asthma before and during COVID-19 pandemic Author links open overlay panelNurlanDauletbaevabcdS.Zoe OftringeWidedAkikfLukasMichaelis-BraunaJuliaKorelaLarry C.LandsbcSusanneWaldmanngBeate S.MüllerhMichaelDreheriGernotRohdejClaus F.VogelmeieraSebastianKuhneaDepartment of Internal, Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Philipps University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany (Member of the […]
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues across the United States, states, payers, and providers are looking for ways to expand access to telehealth servic es. Telehealth is an essential tool in ensuring patients are able to access the healthcare services they need in as safe a manner as possible. In order to provide our clients with […]
The organization said that doing so would allow patients to continue accessing care while giving Congress time to enact permanent policies. By Kat Jercich October 20, 2021 11:43 AM The American Telemedicine Association issued a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra this week urging the agency to extend the […]
Abstract Background: One lesson from the current COVID-19 pandemic is the need to optimize health care provision outside of traditional settings, and potentially over longer periods of time. An important strategy is remote patient monitoring (RPM), allowing patients to remain at home, while they transmit health data and receive follow-up services. Materials and Methods: We conducted an […]
This introductory video will provide you with an understanding of some of the different modalities and terms that are frequently used in telehealth and telehealth policy.
With a grant from the Federation of State Medical Board Foundation (FSMB Foundation), the Center for Connected Health Policy (CCHP) conducted a small study on the use of audio-only to treat Medicaid patients in a federally qualified health center (FQHC). CCHP selected states to study that at the time the research was being conducted, had […]
There are services on the internet that let you track COVID-19 in your area or recover from burnout related to COVID. But are these telehealth, telemedicine, or neither? The terms telehealth and telemedicine are often used to mean the same thing, but that’s not exactly accurate. Telemedicine is the use of technology to provide clinical care over distance. […]