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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
SEPTEMBER 16, 2022
With the COVID-19 pandemic – especially thanks to an expansion of Medicare telehealth benefits during the public health emergency – driving increased use of virtual psychiatric care, many behavioral health providers ventured into telemedicine and onboarded digital telehealth platforms.
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AUGUST 31, 2022
WASHINGTON, DC, AUGUST 31, 2022 – The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) and ATA Action issued the following statement in response to today’s publication of a study authored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
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JUNE 12, 2019
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.
Telebehavioral Health Institute
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
Why Telemedicine Is Struggling for Telehealth Coverage Many hospitals and health systems relied upon and therefore invested heavily in telehealth during the height of COVID-19. Telehealth visits billed to Medicare are currently paid at the same fee-for-service rate as an in-person visit.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
One of the great use cases for telemedicine has proven to be mental health. Rarely does mental health require in-person tests. She’s board certified in child and adolescent psychiatry as well as adult psychiatry. Taking vitals is not necessary. Regarding telepsychiatry, she says in 2024: 1.
MeMD
DECEMBER 7, 2021
reports a full 50% of psychiatry visits are now virtual, and MeMD’s own data echoes these results. Department of Health and Human Services loosened restrictions on virtual care. Medicare, too, expanded telehealth benefits. Teletherapy and telepsychiatry have already begun filling the gaps in care. McKinsey & Co.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
DECEMBER 16, 2020
Healthcare right-sizes after the telemedicine explosion. “Some specialties, such as mental health, may find stronger footing via virtual visits. “Regulators, for their part, have tried to smooth the way for a pivot to virtual during the public health emergency.
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