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Report shows 'vast improvement' in state telehealth reimbursement policies

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The firm, which monitors legal policy in the telemedicine and digital health industry, reported that 43 states and the District of Columbia implemented a version of a state telehealth commercial payer law – and the experts believe this year will trigger even greater expansion. WHY IT MATTERS. ON THE RECORD.

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6 Ways Telemedicine Helps Control Diabetes

GlobalMed

But what isn’t as well known is how telemedicine is helping patients manage their condition and live healthier lives. Marrero , director of the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center for Border Health Disparities in Tucson, says, “Diabetes may be the most serious public health crisis of our time.” Dr. David G.

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7 Ways Telemedicine Helps Control Diabetes

GlobalMed

But what isn’t as well known is how telemedicine is helping patients manage their condition – and even saving their lives in the COVID-19 pandemic. Marrero , director of the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center for Border Health Disparities in Tucson, says, “Diabetes may be the most serious public health crisis of our time.”

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Healee Lands $2M to Grow Customizable Telehealth Solution in the U.S.

Healthcare IT Today

New funding round led by Nina Capital enables Healee to empower unique digital health models and accelerate telehealth adoption. Supporting Unique Use Cases in Digital Health. A Healee-based platform replaces a multitude of existing tools to alleviate digital fatigue and fit clinical processes closely.

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Telemedicine’s Reimbursement Outlook for 2020

GlobalMed

Telemedicine reimbursement is always changing. Specific statutes can shape telemedicine growth as well, such as encouraging specialty consults but not remote patient monitoring – depending on which service is best compensated. So what can we expect for 2020 ? 42 states and Washington, D.C.,

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2018 Year in Review: The Year’s Biggest Remote Care News & Developments

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In March, we were proud to release a groundbreaking white paper exploring how home monitoring technologies like RPM have emerged as a powerful solution to help offset a series of issues besetting the healthcare industry, including: Escalating costs of care. Lack of access in rural and remote regions of the country. and Canada.”

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States can make a difference in long-term telehealth policies

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The National Governors Association released a white paper this week examining state policies around telehealth and outlining key considerations for governors to assess the potential implications of said policies going forward. On the agency side, the U.S. ON THE RECORD.