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What facilitated telehealth can do to improve care for high-need groups

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

It describes the value of a facilitated, mobile device-integrated telehealth program that combines in-home paramedic visits with video consults with emergency physicians. Finally, while access to broadband and video-capable devices is increasing across the U.S.,

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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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Telehealth Reimbursement: End-of-Pandemic Emergency Update

Telebehavioral Health Institute

Medicare and Telehealth Reimbursement for many audio and video behavioral telehealth services has been permanently approved and will extend beyond the PHE without interruption for Medicare beneficiaries. Medicare Advantage plans may offer additional telehealth benefits. Other changes are expected but have not yet been announced.

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Sun River Health shifts 67% of its visits to telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"The health center predominantly used video-based telemedicine technology to support site-to-site visits within the Sun River network, or to provide access to contracted specialty services such as dermatology." allowed two-way video visits to be scheduled quickly and without undue demands on patients." "Doxy.me

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Video: Farzad Mostashari on patient engagement, ‘physician ACOs’

Meaningful HIT News

It turns out, Masters and Salber had just pulled Mostashari aside to do an interview on video, but they didn’t have anyone to interview him on camera, so they asked me right there on the spot to be the interviewer. Farzad Mostashari hanging around Gregg Masters and Dr. Pat Salber of Health Innovation Media. Here is the result.

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MedPAC members weigh future of telehealth coverage

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Tabor pointed out that under the Quality Payment Program, CMS designates alternative payment models including accountable care organizations, episode-based payment models and primary care-focused models. "A key issue is how to achieve the benefits of telehealth while limiting the risks," said Tabor.

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Telemedicine triage kiosks reduce ER visits by 11% for ACO

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A large number of the beneficiaries present multiple complex chronic health conditions with a high coexistence of mental health conditions making the coordination of care more complex and inefficient. These all provide insight into cardiac function and two-way live voice and video.