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The Digital Consumer, Increasingly Connected to Health Devices; Parks Associates Kicking Off #CES2021

Health Populi

But the coronavirus era also saw broadband households spending more on connecting health devices, with 42% of U.S. consumers owning digital health tech compared with 33% in 2015, according to research discussed in Supporting Today’s Connected Consumer from Parks Associates. In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic drove U.S.

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Our Pandemic Lessons: Listening to Michael Dowling – a #HIMSS21 Wrap-Up

Health Populi

health policy and regulatory leaders. An uncertain world is our workplace in the health/care ecosystem, globally, in this moment. ” Finally, Dowling asked: “What kind of system are we going to create?” ” Health leaders have influence, if we choose to use it, Dowling suggested.

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Necessity is the Mother(board) – How COVID-19 Inspires Local Communities to Build Broadband

Health Populi

map of median broadband speeds and affordability, where the red areas shown locales where speeds routinely fall below the FCC’s base definition of broadband. The result is shown in the U.S.

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Telehealth Reimbursement: End-of-Pandemic Emergency Update

Telebehavioral Health Institute

They help identifies the policy topics that should be addressed to facilitate the widespread adoption of telehealth for states. It may be helpful to consider that the Administration’s continued response is not entirely dependent on the COVID-19 PHE.

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Digital Inclusion As Upstream Health Investment

Health Populi

Enter the digital era, forcing a re-definition of what we mean by “infrastructure.” Health care costs consume nearly one in every five dollars of the American economy. This concept informs the current discussion about how we define “infrastructure” moving forward.

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Does Medicaid reimburse for telehealth/telemedicine services?

South Central Telehealth Resource Center

The Medicaid.gov website provides telemedicine definitions and terms, provider and facility guidelines, reimbursement guidelines, and information about telemedicine Service Provider Agreements (SPA). Center for Connected Health Policy (CCHP). For more information, check out the resources below. Medicaid.gov.

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Telehealth and the CHRONIC Act of 2017 (S. 870)

South Central Telehealth Resource Center

The CHRONIC Act, however, addresses a growing interest in the potential of telehealth to reduce health care costs, prevent hospital admissions and emergency room visits regardless of a person’s originating site of care. The CHRONIC Act is definitely a win for telehealth and worth watching through the process of becoming a law.