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Policymakers: Broadband Funding Key to Bringing Telehealth Access to Rural Areas

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To “help address a need for reliable broadband access in rural Ohio and provide access to digital advances in agriculture, telemedicine, and education ” ( via the AP ). Indeed, the availability of telemedicine has been an important development in rural areas which often have fewer doctors per capita than urban areas.”.

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New Illinois Law Highlights Efforts to Expand Rural Telehealth Access

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The CMS is also expanding telehealth reimbursements , including a major change to its coding rules in January 2018 that allows for expanded reimbursements for a range of remote care services. Telemedicine is one of them.”. We have other options today. Rural Telehealth Models Emerge in New Hampshire, Mississippi.