HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 15, 2022

In late September, the Senate Finance Committee released a bipartisan discussion draft bill that aims to address the nation’s crippling behavioral healthcare crisis by providing funding for 4,000 Medicare Graduate Medical Education psychiatry residencies over the next decade. Through telemedicine.

Telemedicine 98

Telemedicine Primary Care Remote Care Medicare 98

HIT Consultant

JULY 6, 2022

COVID has shown us that telemedicine is effective and easy to use. But why limit the use of virtual care to public health emergencies? With providers and clinicians under increasing strain from staffing gaps and other issues, telemedicine is a valuable solution. Doug Duskin, CEO, Avel eCare. News and World Report webinar.

Telemedicine 95

Telemedicine Patient Safety Remote Care Nursing 95

Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

One of the great use cases for telemedicine has proven to be mental health. In addition to a shortage of clinicians to provide care, there often are other barriers to access, which include cost and transportation issues. Rarely does mental health require in-person tests. Taking vitals is not necessary.

Regulations 321

Regulations Telemedicine Remote Care Prevention 321

NASHP

MARCH 14, 2022

In November 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a series of new policies aimed at enabling access to behavioral health services via telehealth. Rapid state actions bolstered remote behavioral health access. Assessing appropriate modalities of care delivery.

Telemedicine 113

Telemedicine Remote Care Medicaid Accountability 113

Sheppard Health Law

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The FY 2022 report highlighted a number of key enforcement initiatives including telemedicine fraud and exploitation, unnecessary COVID-19 testing and services along with fraudulently obtained COVID-19 relief funds, and opioid and prescription drug abuse.

Telemedicine 52

Telemedicine Hospice Care Medicaid Medicare 52

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

As Deeptha Khanna, Philips’ Chief Business Leader for Personal Health, said in the company’s virtual press conference, “We have [also] witnessed the reinvention of our homes as a core element of the healthcare pathway, with telehealth, virtual and remote care technologies as the key drivers for change during COVID-19.

Hospitals 144

Hospitals Remote Care Medicare Doctors 144

Healthcare It News

AUGUST 7, 2023

This is a bipartisan bill recently passed in Congress that allows citizens with high-deductible health plans and health savings accounts access to telehealth and other remote care services permanently, without having to meet their minimum deductible first.

Primary Care 246

Primary Care Telemedicine Accountability Remote Care 246