Telebehavioral Health Institute

JUNE 15, 2023

Depression significantly affects the Latinx community, where numerous obstacles have been identified in scholarly research as barriers that lead to the underutilization of behavioral health services. The study involved BA administered to SSL individuals through telehealth. for African Americans, and 7.8% for Caucasians.

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South Central Telehealth Resource Center

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

The South Central Telehealth Resource Center is committed to assisting you through the complexities of billing telehealth through the COVID-19 pandemic. The federal PHE can only be extended 90 days at a time and, therefore, may extend past January 21st, 2021. Telehealth flexibilities extended through December 31st, 2020.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

MARCH 23, 2023

While approximately 20% of US adults experienced mental illness in 2020, only 46% received treatment (Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration, 2021 ). Barriers to accessing behavioral care are decreasing with telehealth, while the need for treatment is increasing.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 6, 2023

As we head into 2023, we wanted to kick off the new year with a series of 2023 Health IT predictions. Check out our community’s telehealth and RPM (Remote Patient Monitoring) predictions. What’s most important and impactful about telehealth is the technology’s ability to enable care and improve accessibility.

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Mend

MARCH 14, 2024

Key components of these regulations include: Accreditation and Certification : OTPs must obtain certification from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to dispense opioid agonist medications.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Given the official ambiguity about the official termination of the COVID-related Public Health Emergency (PHE ), it may be time to discuss using the “FQ” telephone CPT code and available resources for provider groups and individuals delivering telephone-based services. These distinctions may help: CPT Codes.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 12, 2021

Amid the chaos of the past pandemic year, there have been many valuable lessons for CIOs and health IT leaders willing to learn them. These executives include: Dr. Sameer Badlani, chief digital officer and executive vice president for technology services at M Health Fairview in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Our homes should nurture our health. In addition to nutrition and good food, positive relationships, clean air and water, and the basic needs that bolster whole health, technology is playing a growing role to help us manage health at home. In nutrition, Philips is working with Noom and Hello Fresh.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 2, 2021

health systems have learned a lot this past year-plus. In this 11th installment in Healthcare IT News ' Health IT Lessons Learned in the COVID-19 Era feature series, we speak with three health IT leaders from points across the map, including: Dr. Andrew W. Burchett, Avera Health. Technology leaders at U.S.

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care innovations

JANUARY 2, 2019

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. January 18, 2018.

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care innovations

AUGUST 20, 2019

The patient must also have a clear understanding of how the program will help them, and what the benefits are to their health. The key takeaway is understanding the impact of behavioral lifestyles. CPT codes that are helping pave the way for RPM include: 1. What to Know about CPT Codes for Remote Patient Monitoring.

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Henry Kotula

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

year-over-year in June, which was the slowest growth rate since January 1989. The most public example of health insurers cutting costs over the past year was Anthem’s policies to not pay for unnecessary emergency department visits or imaging services at hospitals. Hospital spending increased by only 0.8%

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 11, 2023

As we head into 2023, we wanted to kick off the new year with a series of 2023 Health IT predictions. All of this year’s 2023 health IT predictions: Healthcare Security and Risk. Telehealth and RPM. Health Equity and SDoH. Jean Drouin, Co-Founder and CEO at Clarify Health. Rob Cohen, CEO at Bamboo Health.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Many Medicare tools involving telehealth services were made possible by emergency blanket waivers responding to the Public Health Emergency (PHE) sparked by COVID-19. The primary changes authorized providers to offer telehealth video and audio-only services and to work from their homes while billing from their offices.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Mental health apps use various forms of technology to serve people with mental health concerns or those in emergency and crisis situations. For example, bots and chat features often invite users to enter sensitive information, trusting that the mental health app is secure and that their data will be confidential.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

DECEMBER 22, 2022

After continuing COVID-related telemental health laws and behavioral telehealth regulations in 2022, many key issues for 2023 are already decided. Both federal and state legislative groups have focused heavily on passing behavioral telehealth regulations to be enacted in 2023 and are poised to extend in subsequent years.

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care innovations

AUGUST 29, 2018

Access to telehealth services is expanding throughout the United States, and especially in rural communities , where lawmakers increasingly see technologies like virtual visits and remote patient management (RPM) as a means to extend care to those who live in areas too remote to effectively access high-quality care in person.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Since the COVID-19 public health emergency was declared in 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services has renewed the legislation every 90 days. There has been mounting pressure from the Republican Party, including a September 19 letter from Sen. But by definition, an "emergency" can't last forever.

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