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Telehealth billing guide highlights complexities of use

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The Center for Connected Health Policy has published a 21-page guide intended to help providers with telehealth-based Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements. In another case study this week, we showed the tangible work-life benefits and financial ROI enjoyed by one solo practice's shift toward telehealth consults.

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Can you identify 7 qualities of a successful telehealth program?

South Central Telehealth Resource Center

New legislation at state and federal levels is making it possible for telehealth services to be reimbursed by Medicare, Medicaid and private insurance carriers. In addition to self-pay patients, reimbursement can be sought through Medicaid, Medicare and commercial/private payers. Reimbursement is also key to telehealth program growth.

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The Healthcare and Macro-Economic Impacts of Living with Endemic COVID – Listening to Fitch

Health Populi

For Medicare Part B programs alone, the drug could consume one-half of the total $57 billion of medicines spending… as much as the U.S. The economic impacts of COVID-19 will impact how health care spending, and spending for families and households, for some years to come. spends on NASA.

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Add Behavioral Data to Social Determinants For Better Patient Understanding

Health Populi

The Sage team explains that, by layering knowledge about peoples’ behaviors, beliefs, and attitudes on top of the traditional SDOH factors, health care providers can mash-up SBDoH – “socio-behavioral determinants of health” — your new acronym to add to your growing list of healthcare ABCs.

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Can you identify 7 qualities of a successful telehealth program?

South Central Telehealth Resource Center

New legislation at state and federal levels is making it possible for telehealth services to be reimbursed by Medicare, Medicaid and private insurance carriers. In addition to self-pay patients, reimbursement can be sought through Medicaid, Medicare and commercial/private payers. Reimbursement is also key to telehealth program growth.

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The ROI on Virtual Care – Thinking About Value and Future Prospects With the AMA

Health Populi

To help us think this through, just in time, the AMA has published a report on the Return on Health: Moving Beyond Dollars and Cents in Realizing the Value of Virtual Care. Those virtual care stories were based on interviews with a range of providers and industry representatives, shown in the graphic labelled “collaborators.”