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2018 Year in Review: The Year’s Biggest Remote Care News & Developments

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As government agencies like the CMS and VA expanded access to telehealth towards the goal of extending care into rural areas, industry leaders like Care Innovations® announced a series of breakthroughs with exciting implications for the years to come. January: Unbundled CMS Code Increases Remote Care Reimbursement.

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Podcast: HIMSS CEO Steve Lieber, 2014 edition

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on the day before the official opening of the 2014 HIMSS Conference , rather than in his Chicago office a week or so in advance. ” Near the end, I reference the podcast I did last week with Dr. Ray Dorsey about remote care for Parkinson’s patients. 23, 2014, at HIMSS14 in Orlando, Fla. Running time 39:35.

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How Telehealth is Expanding OB/GYN Care in Rural Communities

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Between 2004 and 2014, 179 rural counties lost hospital-based obstetric services ; by 2014, more than half of all rural counties lacked a hospital offering maternity care.

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Report: RPM ‘Growing in Popularity’ for Chronic Disease Management

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An influential political advocacy and trade group, AHIP’s support for telehealth and RPM is a significant indicator of the healthcare industry’s rapidly expanding acceptance of remote care in recent years. An insurance provider whose Medicare members, when enrolled in a RPM program, were 76% less likely to be readmitted to a hospital.

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Report: Telemedicine Reimbursement Limitations Cost Millions, ‘Impede Expansion’

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million in telehealth claims per year “did not meet Medicare requirements,” the Office of Inspector General (OIG) at the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) has thrust new light upon America’s byzantine telemedicine reimbursement policies and the limitations they place on the expansion of value-based care.

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Mississippi Telehealth Network Could Be FCC’s Model for RPM Expansion

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Back in 2014 , the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) collaborated with a network of local and national health technology leaders to build the Mississippi Diabetes Telehealth Network, an effort to extend quality care into rural and underserved regions with high rates of chronic illness.

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The Most Important Telemedicine Clinical Outcomes Research You Should Know

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In a retrospective study of veterans with type 1 diabetes in rural Alabama and Georgia, researchers found evidence that telemedicine is an effective alternative method of healthcare delivery for endocrinology care. Researchers conducted chart reviews of patients enrolled in the Atlanta VAMC Endocrinology Telehealth Clinic from 2014 to 2016.