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Legislation to Remove the In-Person Requirement for Telehealth & Telemedicine Reimbursement

Telebehavioral Health Institute

The first bill of note is the 2023 update to the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act, which, among other telehealth expansions, will permanently remove the in-person requirement for behavioral health clients and patients receiving Medicare.*

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Steadfast Commitment to HIE Opens the Door for Health Equity

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Robert Horst, Senior Vice President of Partner Engagement at Audacious Inquiry , a PointClickCare Company. Such was the case at the first ever collaborative conference for health information exchange (HIE), interoperability, public health, and health equity.

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Legislation to Remove the In-Person Requirement for Telehealth & Telemedicine Reimbursement

Telebehavioral Health Institute

The first bill of note is the 2023 update to the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act, which, among other telehealth expansions, will permanently remove the in-person requirement for behavioral health clients and patients receiving Medicare.*

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Bonus Features – July 16, 2023 – 95% of patients are concerned about data breaches affecting their medical records, 81% incorrectly assume PHI collected by digital health apps is protected under HIPAA

Healthcare IT Today

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. When it comes to sharing data, patients are most comfortable doing it for reasons related to treatment (71%) as compared to payment (39%), operations (28%), or public health (23%).

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Latin America’s Virtual Care Revolution

GlobalMed

Ramón Figueroa Castellanos called the new solutions “a very important leap in quality, since they are the new strategies that allow us to have a more equitable, fairer and much more accessible system for public health.” Creating International Connected Care. Want to learn more about our connected care solutions?

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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. ” How does all this relate to revenue, the topic of this article? The advantages for clinicians could be seen throughout this article.

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How Virtual Care Is Solving Chronic Disease Challenges

GlobalMed

Maybe you remember an ominous report from the World Economic Forum and the Harvard School of Public Health which predicted chronic diseases would cost the global economy more than U.S. $30 Never have providers been under more pressure to deliver cost-effective care. Changing Lives with Connected Care.