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CONNECT for Health Act reintroduced, would expand telehealth access

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senators has reintroduced the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act of 2021. The act would expand coverage of Medicare telehealth services and make some COVID-19 telehealth flexibilities permanent, among other provisions. Access for Medicare beneficiaries.

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Congress should include telehealth in year-end funding, say ATA, HIMSS

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The American Telemedicine Association, the Connected Health Initiative and other industry groups issued a letter to Congress on Friday urging legislators to extend temporary telehealth flexibilities until the end of 2021. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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As 'telehealth cliff' looms, hundreds of healthcare orgs urge Congress to act

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Leading healthcare industry stakeholders on Monday implored top leaders in the House and Senate to help ensure, among other imperatives, that "Medicare beneficiaries [don't] abruptly lose access to nearly all recently expanded coverage of telehealth." " WHY IT MATTERS.

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MedStar Health uses $2M AHRQ research grant to enhance telehealth

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COVID-19 transformed the delivery of care, making the use of telehealth tools highly beneficial – and a priority area for research. Raj Ratwani, PhD, vice president of scientific affairs for the MedStar Health Research Institute, and director of the MedStar Health National Center for Human Factors in Healthcare.

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Tablet-based RPM keeps TRU Community Care patients and caregivers happy

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TRU Community Care, based in Lafayette, Colorado, had a vision for incorporating a telehealth/remote patient monitoring program: to meet the needs of patients in the new Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services "Seriously Ill Population" (SIP) program. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. THE PROBLEM.

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