Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 20, 2023

A bipartisan group of legislators has reintroduced the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies for Health Act – first introduced in 2016 – to expand opportunities and coverage for telehealth through Medicare. Allow more eligible healthcare professionals to use telehealth services.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

As we navigate health care in America in 2025 and beyond, the importance of re-building trust in science and health care institutions will be crucial for managing costs and de-fragmenting health care delivery. The latter is a cost-increasing function, Sanjula and I agree.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The statewide expansion of virtualKIDS, which is part of the current NSW government's commitment to delivering 25 urgent care services by mid-2025, is now expected to support at least 500 NSW children and their families each month.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JANUARY 26, 2023

This week’s installment concerns a recently published blog post about a controversial reimbursement requirement for telemental health telehealth after the end of the public health emergency (PHE). ” See New Medicare Law Requires In-Person Visit for Telehealth Coverage for more information.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

After years of federal controversy and conjecture, the White House announced Monday that the COVID-19 national and public health emergencies (PHE) will end on May 11. The federal end of the PHE also has reimbursement repercussions that have set precedents for the telehealth future. Permanent reimbursement.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 26, 2022

Telehealth vs. in-person: the Covid-19 public health emergency declaration to reimburse doctors for providing telehealth services for Medicare recipients has been repeatedly renewed. Medical practices are now offering choices to patients – in person or telehealth ? million users by 2025.

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Mend

APRIL 4, 2023

In part 2 of our blog series, Mend reviews the temporary Medicare changes for telehealth lasting until the end of 2024. As we head closer to the public health emergency (PHE) end date of May 11, 2023, providers must prepare for changes. FQHCs and RHCs can bill for telehealth services.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

markets by 2025 and planning for 1,000 by 2027. Like CVS Health, Walgreens is also expanding home care services and post-acute care, and specialty pharma to complement pharmacy operations. Walmart has long committed to health care, leveraging pharmacy as a “front door to primary care,” AHA describes.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 3, 2024

It behooves all of us who conceive, design, and implement tech-based solutions for health to consider all flavors of impacts — for good and not-so-much — through our research, development, and deployment journeys.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 11, 2019

Thailand’s population is ageing rapidly with almost half of its electorate above 50 years old by 2025. However, the challenge lies in how government institutions such as the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) can meaningfully engage the private healthcare sector in moving towards VBHC.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 9, 2024

Within healthcare, the technology and expertise exist to help providers, payers, public health, health information exchanges, and healthcare IT companies exchange data. Cloud data migration simplifies medical record sharing, enhances scalability, streamlines operations, and facilitates telehealth.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 22, 2021

The Chinese market for online health consultations, e-prescriptions and virtual pharmacies is projected to reach a value of $80.3 billion by 2025, according to a commissioned report by Frost and Sullivan. By segment, the men's health and healthcare market in China may top $15.2 million over the same period.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JULY 10, 2023

Practitioners of all healthcare professions will be impacted by the upcoming end of the public health emergency (PHE). They include the following: If my client has a residence in my state of licensure, is it still going to be ok for me to work with them after the end of the COVID public health emergency?

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Henry Kotula

JULY 28, 2023

The series covered broad issues related to the healthcare workforce, economy, and health policy, and highlighted internal industry changes and trends in service delivery, quality, and equity. The most notable impact of the non-renewal of the PHE was the end of continuous Medicaid public health insurance coverage.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JULY 11, 2023

Practitioners of all healthcare professions will be impacted by the upcoming end of the public health emergency (PHE). They include the following: If my client has a residence in my state of licensure, is it still going to be ok for me to work with them after the end of the COVID public health emergency?

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

MARCH 29, 2023

Practitioners of all healthcare professionals will be impacted by the upcoming end of the public health emergency (PHE). They include the following: If my client has a residence in my state of licensure, is it still going to be ok for me to work with them after the end of the COVID public health emergency?

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Connected Health Initiative

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

While the most immediate action is needed to defeat COVID-19 and overcome the turbulent economic environment created by the public health emergency (PHE), further steps to permanently progress the American healthcare system should also be prioritized, with a focus on eliminating inequities that afflict our system today.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 13, 2021

We can turn now to the Global Wellness Institute’s latest forecast on the world market for wellness, which GWI expects will hit a $7 trillion market in 2025. Deloitte calls out health consumers’ “craving” for empowerment and transparency, evidenced by the popularity of wearables and employee benefits that reward healthy behaviors.

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Digital Health Wire

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

In a move that surprised basically no one, the DEA is extending pandemic-era telehealth prescribing flexibilities for controlled substances through the end of 2025. The policy hot potato just got passed to the Trump administration, so telehealth companies and patients will both have to prepare for another year of regulatory limbo.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

The American Telemedicine Association says it expects bipartisan support for telehealth and virtual care services to continue through the final days of the Biden Administration and the transition to the Trump Administration on January 20, 2025. But without regulatory changes soon, flexibilities will run out in the U.S.

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