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

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Alliance for Connected Care. 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. American Heart Association.

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As 'telehealth cliff' looms, hundreds of healthcare orgs urge Congress to act

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Leading healthcare industry stakeholders on Monday implored top leaders in the House and Senate to help ensure, among other imperatives, that "Medicare beneficiaries [don't] abruptly lose access to nearly all recently expanded coverage of telehealth." " WHY IT MATTERS.

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Temple uses $1M of FCC telehealth funding for virtual care platform, tablets and more

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More than 85% of the patients served by Temple are covered by government programs, including Medicare and Medicaid. Patients dually eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid make up roughly half of the Medicare inpatient base. MEETING THE CHALLENGE. Temple also is a critical access point for vital public health services.

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Tablet-based RPM keeps TRU Community Care patients and caregivers happy

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TRU Community Care, based in Lafayette, Colorado, had a vision for incorporating a telehealth/remote patient monitoring program: to meet the needs of patients in the new Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services "Seriously Ill Population" (SIP) program. MEETING THE CHALLENGE. THE PROBLEM. " RESULTS.

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

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Specifically, what if the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) rescinds the emergency orders it has put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic? Medicare created new codes to cover remote patient monitoring in January 2020, according to Anderson and Null. The change took place in almost a twinkling of an eye.

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AccessHealth uses telemedicine to boost mental health visits by 10% during COVID-19

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Staff members were unsure if Medicare and Medicaid would honor the prospective payment-system rate. MEETING THE CHALLENGE. "Connected care services to be provided by AccessHealth with the grant include primary care for adults, pediatrics, prenatal care, behavioral health and nutrition services.

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NYC elder care provider using FCC funds for telehealth, protecting seniors from COVID-19

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MEETING THE CHALLENGE. Parker serves medically complex and severely immunocompromised, frail elderly patients requiring intense skilled nursing and medical care. ” This expansion of technology will ensure Parker provides its residents with the highest level of continuity of care throughout these difficult times, Breuer added.