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COVID-19 presents a new chance to make telehealth accessible to the underserved

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, regulatory, reimbursement and technological changes have all helped trigger a massive and rapid expansion of telehealth accessibility. "Telehealth solutions need to be deployed in a culturally competent, equitable way to ensure they reach the communities that need the most support," he said.

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2024 Brings New Medicare Billing Opportunities for FQHCs and RHCs with RPM and RTM Services

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

Beginning January 1, 2024, a significant change in Medicare billing practices greatly impacted Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and Rural Health Clinics (RHCs). For the first time, these centers can bill Medicare separately for Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) and Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM) services.

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These are the compliance issues providers should be preparing for, post-PHE

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

And, with broad-based support to avoid the "telehealth cliff," healthcare organizations and legislators have been working hard to ensure virtual care flexibilities outlast the PHE. While some changes to the telehealth regulatory framework have already been made permanent (e.g., State government executive orders.

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Why Temporary Telehealth Policies Should Be Made Permanent

SteadyMD

As hospitals and doctors’ offices continue to be overburdened by staff shortages and patient overload, telehealth offerings keep pace in providing a wide-range of patient care access, overcoming racial inequality, transportation barriers from rural communities, and treating chronic medical conditions.

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Arizona-based FQHC, Desert Senita, Tags Clear Arch Health for RPM Services to Help Expand Rural Care Delivery

Clear Arch Health

2024 got off to an auspicious and promising start for the everyone vested in promoting telehealth and remote patient monitoring as viable solutions to advancing health equity and providing high-quality care to rural and geographically isolated U.S. And, Clear Arch Health is thrilled to play a role!

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Healthcare Fragmentation Isn’t So Bad, If It Comes with Better Outcomes

Healthcare IT Today

Personalized healthcare can take many different forms. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated telehealth adoption in a way that initially wasn’t considered feasible by providers and payers pre-2020. Healthcare providers maintain different systems than payers, as do government entities like Medicare and Medicaid.

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How COVID-19 is Changing Telemedicine Reimbursement

GlobalMed

No industry has been more dramatically disrupted than healthcare – but the pandemic has also illuminated telemedicine in what many are calling an ignition event. CMS has changed some of their reimbursement rules, such as now reimbursing telehealth visits regardless of the originating site of the patient. That’s one prediction.