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Legislators float bipartisan bill to safeguard telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The bill, the Telehealth Extension Act , would also end geographic and site restrictions on approved telemedicine services for Medicare beneficiaries. Despite being broadly popular on both sides of the aisle , the geographic- and site-related Medicare provisions the new bill would establish have yet to be enshrined by Congress.

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Congress should include telehealth in year-end funding, say ATA, HIMSS

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

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. That flexibility, in turn, shed light on how arbitrary some of those restrictions were.

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Legislators and healthcare orgs rally in favor of bipartisan telehealth bill

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"We have seen the positive impact of telehealth across the nation," said Jen Covich Bordenick, CEO at eHealth Initiative. Several healthcare organizations and elected officials came together on Thursday in support of legislation safeguarding access to telehealth after the pandemic. The temporary waivers issued by the U.S.

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CMS telemedicine expansion could lead to cuts in Medicare base rate

Morning eHealth

What ONC is up to — HITAC task force on interoperability to get underway

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The interoperability 'Golden Spike'

Morning eHealth

Modest Medicare telemedicine increase — Yelp 'beats' CMS at nursing home rating

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8 must-know lessons from telehealth's new normal

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Over the past six months, as hospitals and health systems have pursued telemedicine and remote patient monitoring programs in earnest – whether launching new one or expanding existing ones – they've all had some learning curves and growing pains to manage. How to navigate a new policy landscape.

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Telemedicine Today (#tday): December 2015

American Well

Welcome to the the final edition of Avizia’s Telemedicine Today for 2015! As another year approaches its end, we take a look back at 2015 as a year of great progress in the evolving Telemedicine industry. A few of Avizia’s proudest moments from 2015: Forbes – Avizia Is Transforming Healthcare Through Telemedicine.