Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 14, 2020

The American Telemedicine Association, the Connected Health Initiative and other industry groups issued a letter to Congress on Friday urging legislators to extend temporary telehealth flexibilities until the end of 2021. WHY IT MATTERS. That flexibility, in turn, shed light on how arbitrary some of those restrictions were.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Kyle Brewer, telehealth administrator at University of Mississippi Medical Center; Kuldeep CEO of Biofourmis; Laura Kreofsky, VP at Pivot Point Consulting, and Neil Patel, president of Healthbox, offered their perspectives on the new connected health tools and data management imperatives needed to make RPM work.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 3, 2020

The groups are also asking for an accompanying provision that would give Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar the authority to waive the restrictions on telehealth visits during a public health emergency currently imposed by Medicare. THE LARGER TREND. " Congress should consider Sec. ON THE RECORD.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 5, 2020

As was requested by several leading healthcare technology organizations this past week, Congress has included a provision that waives some restrictions for Medicare telehealth coverage as part of its new COVID-19 supplemental funding package. The bill next goes to the White House for President Trump's signature.

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