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Stony Brook Medicine gets nearly $1M to address telehealth disparities
Stony Brook (N.Y.) Medicine will use a $966,026 award from the FCC's COVID-19 Telehealth Program to provide digital devices and remote monitoring equipment to individuals in need to participate in virtual care visits. -
Massachusetts payers to study telehealth's effects on racial, socioeconomic barriers to healthcare
The Massachusetts Association of Health Plans is sponsoring an 18-month study to examine how access to telehealth services during the COVID-19 pandemic has varied based on race, ethnicity and socioeconomic factors, according to a Dec. 2 news release. -
HHS expands telehealth across state lines in fight against COVID-19
HHS will continue to allow clinicians to provide telehealth services across state lines for covered services, including diagnostic tests, to fight the spread of COVID-19. -
How Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals championed telehealth amid COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the adoption of telehealth at many U.S. hospitals and prompted temporary federal regulatory changes that allowed organizations greater flexibility in this area. -
Telehealth claim lines down 16.5% from August to September
Across the U.S., telehealth claim lines fell 16.5 percent from 6.07 percent in August to 5.07 percent in September, according to data released Dec. 1 from healthcare cost data organization Fair Health. -
CMS finalizes remote patient monitoring regulations in final rule: 7 takeaways
CMS released the 2021 physician fee schedule Dec. 1 with expanded telehealth services, remote physiologic monitoring updates and an extension for telecommunications tech supervision. -
CMS adds 60+ services to Medicare's telehealth list in final rule: 7 details
CMS released the 2021 physician fee schedule Dec. 1 with expanded telehealth services. -
Viewpoint: How telemedicine may reshape emergency medicine
The shift to a greater use of telemedicine during the pandemic presents a new opportunity to reduce reliance on, and subsequent overcrowding in, emergency rooms, according to Austin Frakt, PhD. -
Physician viewpoint: 4 strategies to avoid 'the pitfalls' of telehealth
While telehealth adoption has allowed clinical care to safely continue during the COVID-19 pandemic, virtual visits have presented some unintended consequences for patients and clinicians, according to Lisa Rotenstein, MD, and Lawrence Friedman, MD. -
Cleveland Clinic, Amwell joint venture names 2 exec leaders
Cleveland Clinic and Amwell appointed new leadership to their year-old joint venture focused on scaling digital care and telehealth. -
9 barriers for patients accessing telehealth
The lack of access to technology and broadband internet are the most frequently cited barriers that physicians perceive as preventing their patients from participating in telehealth, according to the COVID-19 Healthcare Coalition. -
Amwell revenue jumps 80% in Q3: 6 things to know
Amwell posted $62.6 million in revenue for the third quarter of 2020, up 80 percent from $34.7 million during the same time last year. -
Amwell launches virtual visit offerings: 4 notes
Amwell unveiled new telehealth connectivity, device and cart offerings Nov. 12 to help simplify patient onboarding for providers using virtual care. -
MUSC Health licenses virtual care implementation model to telehealth program monitoring platform
Ignis Health, an analytics platform that measures virtual care program efficiency, recently licensed a telehealth implementation model roadmap from the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. -
How Automated Preventive Outreach Can Help Close Care Gaps and Reengage Patients in Their Care
Closing gaps in care by promoting regular wellness visits contributes widely to improved quality of care and overall population health, while decreasing costs. -
Viewpoint: 5 ways to preserve team-based care in telemedicine
As the COVID-19 pandemic emerged, Cleveland Clinic decided it must adjust the role of team-based care in the new shift to telemedicine, according to Kevin Hopkins, MD, primary care medical director at the health system. -
Teaching patients how to use telehealth is No. 1 virtual care challenge cited by physicians, survey finds
Most physicians (93 percent) have participated in the rapid virtual care adoption brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic this year, but big challenges still remain for their continued usage. -
Humana keeping several $0 copay telehealth for Medicare Advantage Part D members in 2021
Humana will maintain zero telehealth copays for several visit types in the Medicare Advantage Part D plans through next year, President and CEO Bruce Broussard said during the company's third-quarter conference call, as transcribed by Seeking Alpha. -
FCC opens $100M connected care telehealth pilot program: 4 things to know
The Federal Communications Commission will open applications Nov. 6 for its $100 million Connected Care Pilot Program, which aims to improve telehealth access for low-income Americans and veterans. -
Lurie Children's extends telemedicine services to Northwestern Medicine patients
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital is teaming up with Northwestern Medicine, both located in Chicago, on telemedicine services for pediatric patients.
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