2021 HIPAA Medicare Telemedicine 
South Central Telehealth Resource Center
FEBRUARY 11, 2021
Providing a quick high-level overview of the recent updates, all payors have extended their telehealth flexibilities to at least the end of the federal Public Health Emergency (PHE), which is currently set to end on April 21 st , 2021. UHC has followed suit with Cigna and Medicare and rolled out significant permanent telehealth changes.
Health Populi
MAY 20, 2020
Payors, both commercial and public sector (Medicare, Medicaid), have relaxed rules and regulations for telehealth across platforms (from purpose-built telemedicine programs to HIPAA-relaxed approvals for using FaceTime, Zoom, and other commercial channels), and have various plans to pay for virtual care visits between clinicians and patients.
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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
OCTOBER 20, 2021
Telemedicine finally made it to the mainstream. Early on in the pandemic, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) extended telehealth waivers that helped bring virtual care services into the mainstream. From that point forward, all health systems will need to have a HIPAA-compliant solution at the ready.
Health Populi
JANUARY 18, 2021
CES 2021 featured some obvious quick-pivoting products that had the pandemic written all over them, with sessions invariably speaking to the way the public health crisis impacted companies and strategic plans. Joining Peloton in connected fitness at CES 2021 was NordicTrack, which recently announced its purchase of Precor.
Telebehavioral Health Institute
JUNE 21, 2023
million for medical billing fraud from Medicare. This non-profit organization claimed to offer psychotherapy services to senior living facility residents in the Chicago area from 2019 to 2021. These events were reportedly used to identify individuals whose Medicare information could be used to support the fraudulent claims.
Telebehavioral Health Institute
JUNE 21, 2023
million for medical billing fraud from Medicare. This non-profit organization claimed to offer psychotherapy services to senior living facility residents in the Chicago area from 2019 to 2021. These events were reportedly used to identify individuals whose Medicare information could be used to support the fraudulent claims.
American Well
JULY 13, 2020
After a successful launch, MHF identified the opportunity to integrate telestroke into the Epic EHR via Context-Aware Linking (CAL), which streamlined the workflow and enabled providers to practice telemedicine from within their standard EHR workflow. telemedicine hubs at two locations for patients needing mental health and addiction therapy.
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