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

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Alliance for Connected Care. American Telemedicine Association. Congress must act to expand patient choice in every American community, meet patients where they are, and bring health care into the 21st century. On Tuesday, the campaign released survey results further supporting patient interest in telemedicine.

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

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COVID-19 spurred Houston-based AccessHealth to quickly scale up its telemedicine offerings, just as it did with most other health systems nationwide. " Finally, prior to CMS loosening telemedicine policy for the pandemic, reimbursement was a concern. NextGen and Zoom for Healthcare both were proposed as telemedicine vendors.

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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. There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today.

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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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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. " MARKETPLACE.

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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? The American Telemedicine Association maintains a US bills related to telemedicine and their status. The change took place in almost a twinkling of an eye.

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

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Parker is using the Healow application by eClinicalWorks for its telemedicine program. There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. MEETING THE CHALLENGE. ” PROPOSAL. ” MARKETPLACE. To read this special report, click here. ” Twitter: @SiwickiHealthIT.