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The Future of Healthcare: Telehealth. Here’s Why You Need to Consider Telemedicine in 2019

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Telehealth and Telemedicine Definition. We often hear telehealth and telemedicine used interchangeably, so let’s set the record straight – telehealth is the umbrella term that refers to medical services that healthcare practitioners provide to patients from a distance.

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Why It's Time to Embrace Telemedicine

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What’s this new thing called Telemedicine? I t’s more than 40 years old and was developed as a way to use improvements in communication technology to bring quality medical diagnoses and care to individuals in remote parts of the world. For starters, it’s not new!

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Leveraging Technology to Enhance Remote Therapeutic Monitoring and Improve Patient Care

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) introduced new codes that can be used by healthcare providers to submit claims for reimbursement for the time and resources spent on providing remote care to patients. Types of Technology Used for Remote Therapeutic Monitoring. Mobile Health Apps.

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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Approved Separate Reimbursements for Non-Traditional Patient Visits

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November 1, 2018 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) made a significant step in overcoming this obstacle. It announced its finalization of “ Revisions to Payment Policies under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, Quality Payment Program and Other Revisions to Part B for CY 2019 ”.

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Mississippi Telehealth Network Could Be FCC’s Model for RPM Expansion

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Another milestone may soon be added to the list, as it’s being reported that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is eyeing the UMMC telehealth network as a potential model for the expansion of a federal telehealth network focused on expanding RPM access into rural and remote communities. Back in July, the agency and Mississippi Sen.