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Telehealth and the CHRONIC Act of 2017 (S. 870)

South Central Telehealth Resource Center

Currently, the Medicare program restricts telehealth payments by type of service provided, the geographic location where a service is delivered, the type of institution that delivers the service, and the type of health care provider. Fact Sheet (Center for Connected Health Policy). If the act passes the U.S. The Henry J.

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5 payer trends to watch in 2018

Henry Kotula

In fact, a recent Kaiser Family Foundation study found that 35% of MA enrollees were in narrow-network plans in 2015, while only 22% were in broad-network plans. Deductibles went from accounting for less than 25% of cost-sharing payments in 2005 to almost half in 2015.