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Taking stock of the sudden evolution of telemedicine

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Research firm Frost & Sullivan forecasts a sevenfold growth in telehealth by 2025 – a five-year compound annual growth rate of 38%. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) began to allow for reimbursement for videoconferencing between healthcare provider and patient.

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Telemedicine Performance Measures (Telehealth KPIS) Issued by American College of Physicians

Telebehavioral Health Institute

The American College of Physicians (ACP) recently issued a policy paper on telemedicine performance measures for physicians providing clinical care. According to the ACP, telemedicine can significantly benefit previously underserved patients by allowing increased access and more efficient care delivery.

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The CONNECT for Health Act is reintroduced, again

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A bipartisan group of legislators has reintroduced the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies for Health Act – first introduced in 2016 – to expand opportunities and coverage for telehealth through Medicare. This is the second time the bill has been reintroduced. Mike Thompson (D-Calif.)

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Telemedicine Performance Measures (Telehealth KPIS) Issued by American College of Physicians

Telebehavioral Health Institute

The American College of Physicians (ACP) recently issued a policy paper on telemedicine performance measures for physicians providing clinical care. According to the ACP, telemedicine can significantly benefit previously underserved patients by allowing increased access and more efficient care delivery.

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Reimbursement Repercussions for April 2023 End of Public Health Emergency

Telebehavioral Health Institute

While the official end of the public health emergency (PHE) was extended to April 2023 for many federal government programs, two federal actions will further extend the deadline for federal Medicare reimbursement until at least December 31, 2024. Other repercussions of the end of the PHE include the return of HIPAA and licensure enforcement.

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Home Is Where the Health Is: An Update on Connectivity, Food, and Retail

Health Populi

And it’s crucial for incumbent health care suppliers — hospitals, pharma, devices and supplies, and health plans — to assess, learn, strategize and execute on the potential shift of $265 billion of care services that McKinsey expects to migrate to the home by 2025. Why, that’s just some months away from “now.”

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How Covid-19 Can Inspire Tech-Enabled Value-Based Health Care in a Cash-Constrained America

Health Populi

For health care, the data portrayed in the next chart will be concerning: the Medicare and Social Security Trust Funds are expected to hit “zero” (the X-access) by 2025 and just after 2030, respectively. The Medicare Trust Fund is financed by payroll taxes, general tax revenue, and the premiums enrollees pay.