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

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2018 was a historic year for telehealth and remote patient monitoring (RPM), as a series of developments played out that helped extend these important care delivery services to more patients than ever before. January: Unbundled CMS Code Increases Remote Care Reimbursement. Get more details here. January 18, 2018.

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How Telehealth is Expanding OB/GYN Care in Rural Communities

GlobalMed

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. Luckily, telehealth can change that by supporting not only women’s overall health but optimizing healthy pregnancies and births.

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Podcast: HIMSS CEO Steve Lieber, 2014 edition

Meaningful HIT News

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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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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How telehealth has enhanced Cleveland Clinic’s value-based care strategy

American Well

Interest in the telehealth industry has grown rapidly in recent years, with 78.5 In a recent webinar, Matt Stanton, senior director of distance health at Cleveland Clinic, and Danielle Russella, president of customer solutions at American Well, discussed how Cleveland Clinic incorporated telehealth into its spectrum of care and services.

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How telehealth has enhanced Cleveland Clinic’s value-based care strategy

American Well

Interest in the telehealth industry has grown rapidly in recent years, with 78.5 In a recent webinar, Matt Stanton, senior director of distance health at Cleveland Clinic, and Danielle Russella, president of customer solutions at American Well, discussed how Cleveland Clinic incorporated telehealth into its spectrum of care and services.

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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.