Virtual care news, trends and reimbursement updates
Telehealth news covering program growth, utilization and payment. Becker's tracks telehealth reimbursement policy at the federal and state level and how virtual care fits into health system strategy.
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Morgantown, W.Va.-based Mon Health System has expanded its cardiology telemedicine services to Parksview, W.Va.
The Virginia Healthcare board is currently working on a plan to track individual patient details. Discussions are focusing on approaches for bringing the behavioral health central access team into the regular bed team. However, there are talks of rolling back…
Aetna, a CVS Health company, is partnering with virtual gastrointestinal care clinic Oshi Health to offer members virtual care for chronic digestive conditions.
U.S. patients are being blindsided by telehealth costs and many are facing facility fees even though they haven't stepped foot in a hospital or physician's office, The Washington Post reported April 1.
As the DEA continues to propose stricter regulations on telehealth-based opioid prescribing, telehealth companies say they are worried that the crackdown won't allow them to prescribe life-saving medications that can help prevent opioid overdoses, The Wall Street Journal reported April…
National telehealth utilization increased by 7.3 percent in January 2023, compared to 3.8 percent in December, according to Fair Health's Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker.
Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough warned lawmakers that a move to cap the agency's budget at fiscal 2022 levels could hurt the agency's telehealth and cybersecurity programs, Fedscoop reported March 29.
Medicare beneficiaries who utilized telehealth tools for the treatment of opioid use disorder during the COVID-19 pandemic saw a 33 percent lower risk of a fatal drug overdose, according to a March 29 study published in JAMA Psychiatry.
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National telehealth utilization declined by 79 percent from 2020 to 2021, according to Fair Health's Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker.