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American Hospital Association, Johns Hopkins and others launch pro-telehealth campaign

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Alliance for Connected Care. Congress must act to expand patient choice in every American community, meet patients where they are, and bring health care into the 21st century. Department of Health and Human Services found a 63-fold jump in Medicare telehealth use during the pandemic. American Heart Association.

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CONNECT for Health Act reintroduced, would expand telehealth access

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senators has reintroduced the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act of 2021. The act would expand coverage of Medicare telehealth services and make some COVID-19 telehealth flexibilities permanent, among other provisions. Access for Medicare beneficiaries.

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Thinking About Telehealth Through the Lens of Real Estate – Listening to JLL

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For those of you focused on serving Medicare or older patients, there are some important findings in the JLL study to add into your scenario planning assumptions. Those often lead to follow-up care, so we may not be seeing any difference between in-person and telehealth for follow up to specialists, etc.,” ” she added.

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Bipartisan House bill would enshrine telehealth rule changes, enable wider use

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House of Representatives on Thursday aims to ensure telehealth is able to continue to build on its potential in the years ahead, by making permanent some policies enacted during the pandemic and protecting Medicare beneficiaries' ability to engage in virtual care. WHY IT MATTERS.

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As 'telehealth cliff' looms, hundreds of healthcare orgs urge Congress to act

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Leading healthcare industry stakeholders on Monday implored top leaders in the House and Senate to help ensure, among other imperatives, that "Medicare beneficiaries [don't] abruptly lose access to nearly all recently expanded coverage of telehealth." This would have a chilling effect on access to care across the entire U.S.

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Telehealth holds appeal for seniors, survey shows

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In addition, updated reimbursement rules from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which go into effect in plan year 2020, will give seniors access to virtual doctors in their basic benefit packages, and telehealth will be reimbursed as part of Medicare Advantage plans. THE LARGER TREND.

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Telehealth In 2030 – Notes From the Future At #ATA19 with Safavi, Holt, Bathina and Swafford

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Today, fewer than 1% of Medicare beneficiaries have had any telehealth encounter, Kaveh explained, and fewer than one in eight doctors are aware of offering telehealth in their practice. Deepthi from Humana offered three considerations concerning how care will transform. First, connected care: one in five U.S.