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Former CMS chief of staff previews 4 areas of value-based care in 2022

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Before the pandemic, telehealth services in fee-for-service Medicare were restricted mostly to rural areas in which patients would travel to a healthcare facility, called an originating site, to receive care from a provider who also was in a healthcare facility, called a distant site. are persistent and not easily fixed.

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Sun River Health shifts 67% of its visits to telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"The use of this modality given the clinical conditions of the patients was the most effective approach to clinician/patient co-management," said James Sinkoff, deputy executive officer and CFO at Sun River Health. allowed two-way video visits to be scheduled quickly and without undue demands on patients."

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Virtual Healthcare: Your Telehealth Questions Answered by a Doctor

American Well

Telehealth is a live video visit between a doctor and a patient from home or work. With telehealth, the patient can have a video visit with a doctor using every day consumer technologies that are becoming ubiquitous: a smartphone, tablet, or computer. Do patients really want to talk to a doctor virtually?

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Virtual Healthcare: Your Telehealth Questions Answered by a Doctor

American Well

Telehealth is a live video visit between a doctor and a patient from home or work. With telehealth, the patient can have a video visit with a doctor using every day consumer technologies that are becoming ubiquitous: a smartphone, tablet, or computer. Do patients really want to talk to a doctor virtually?