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American Hospital Association, Johns Hopkins and others launch pro-telehealth campaign

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Alliance for Connected Care. Healthcare Leadership Council. Congress must act to expand patient choice in every American community, meet patients where they are, and bring health care into the 21st century. Department of Health and Human Services found a 63-fold jump in Medicare telehealth use during the pandemic.

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COVID-19 presents a new chance to make telehealth accessible to the underserved

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Even as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services moved to make telehealth more accessible – such as by reimbursing providers for services and allowing care between states – Smith said virtual care is still not available to everyone who needs it.

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2020 Roadmap: Overcoming Telemedicine Barriers

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Tribal lands sometimes have the lowest rates of broadband adoption; many Indian Health Services facilities lack the bandwidth to offer virtual care. FCC initiatives such as Connected Care NPRM and the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund strive to bring telehealth services to patients in underserved, rural and tribal areas.

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Trinity Health's RPM program drops 30-day readmissions rate from 16% to 6%

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In 2017, the health system – which has 100 continuing care locations, including home care, hospice, PACE programs and senior living facilities – was in a bind, facing double-digit hospital readmissions of 16% across its high-risk Medicare population. THE PROBLEM. managing more than 4,000 patients.

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Hundreds of orgs ask Congress to extend telehealth waivers through 2024

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"Congress must act to provide more certainty to beneficiaries and healthcare providers alike, while ensuring sufficient time is taken to analyze the impact of telehealth on patient care throughout the pandemic to inform permanent telehealth reform,” said Krista Drobac, executive director of Alliance for Connected Care, in a statement.