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DOJ charges four in $37M global telehealth fraud scheme

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Department of Justice announced this past Friday that it had charged four people, one of whom is a licensed physician, in an international telehealth fraud and kickback scheme. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. THE LARGER TREND. Twitter: @kjercich.

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Many children respond better to therapists on a telehealth screen than face to face

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

" When COVID-19 hit, telehealth suddenly went from a goal to a necessity, she explained. MEBS already had been using Azalea Health’s electronic health record software since 2014. In early March, MEBS began to look at Azalea’s telehealth system to help facilitate remote patient care. " MARKETPLACE.

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Marshfield Clinic boosts patient-provider satisfaction and provider efficiency with telehealth

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Marshfield Clinic Health System based in Marshfield, Wisconsin, has nine hospitals – plus Marshfield Children's Hospital inside the flagship hospital – and more than 60 healthcare centers in more than 30 communities across Wisconsin. MCHS had multiple telehealth platforms prior to COVID-19. THE PROBLEM.

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Telehealth after dark: health systems can relieve clinician workload through nighttime virtual care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In 2014, she explained, Providence, a Catholic health system encompassing more than 51 hospitals in the western United States, created the telehospitalist program. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. "They'd always rather see a physician by video than.

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Study Says Telehealth Claims Up 624% Over Four Year Period

Healthcare IT Today

The use of telehealth services climbed dramatically over the four years between 2014 and 2018, according to new research based on healthcare claims data. To get a look at telehealth’s impact on healthcare overall, FAIR Health analyzed more than 29 billion healthcare claim records.

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Survey: Telehealth on the rise in New Zealand

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Telehealth is increasingly being used to connect clinicians within and between New Zealand’s hospitals and to reach into people’s homes, a new survey revealed. The Telehealth Leadership Group’s most recent stocktake questionnaire was sent to all 20 District Health Boards (DHBs) in October 2018.

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House bill would compel states to join the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

and Guam, was formally introduced in the fall of 2014 in recognition of the fact that physicians will increasingly practice in different states via telehealth. " Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. WHY IT MATTERS. Tom Tiffany, R-Wis.,