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FCC’s $550 Million Telehealth Program – Last Chance at $250 Million and How’s The Money Being Spent?

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Sid Kandan, CEO at Stel Life, Inc. With last year’s $200M Telehealth Program and $100M Connected Care Pilot Program, this combined $550M investment is the government’s largest investment into connected health devices and services. As […].

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Connected Care is Better Care

Kaiser Permanente Center for Total Health

Robert Pearl, CEO of The Permanente Medical Group, speaks at Health Affairs briefing on Feb. Photo courtesy Health Affairs). Connected care” is gaining more momentum in the health care industry. Health care providers are adopting electronic health records with federal support and standard setting.

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Telehealth Visits Can Improve Revenue, But They’re No Cornucopia

Healthcare IT Today

This article focuses on revenue, because I and other writers frequently cover impacts of televisits on access and care plans. The premise of this article embraces an irony. But at least one type of value-based care is getting reimbursed: digital monitoring for behavioral care. ” Remote patient monitoring.

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FCC Chairman Announces New Telehealth Initiatives, Expanded Funding

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At the recently concluded Connected Health Conference in Boston, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai delivered a keynote speech expressing his agency’s dedication to expanding federal funding for key telehealth initiatives, along with a few new proposals for accomplishing them.