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The End Of The Public Health Emergency Part 3 – Temporary Changes Until The End

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What about telehealth HIPAA compliance? The Use of Non-HIPAA Compliant Communication During the pandemic, the HHS Office for Civil Rights allowed health teams to use telehealth to provide virtual care even if they didn’t follow the usual privacy and security rules under HIPAA. Ready to see Mend in action?

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The End Of The Public Health Emergency Part 1 – Permanent Medicare Changes and Their Effects

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Here are the current digital health changes slated to remain as permanent policy: FQHCs and RHCs as Distant Site Providers Before the PHE, only a specific list of eligible providers could offer virtual visits and receive reimbursement by Medicare. The frequency of these visits far exceeded general health visits.