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Our Pandemic Lessons: Listening to Michael Dowling – a #HIMSS21 Wrap-Up

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health policy and regulatory leaders. An uncertain world is our workplace in the health/care ecosystem, globally, in this moment. ” COVID-19 “raises our obligation to do more than we ever thought we could, and definitely more than we did before,” Dowling concluded.

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Necessity is the Mother(board) – How COVID-19 Inspires Local Communities to Build Broadband

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map of median broadband speeds and affordability, where the red areas shown locales where speeds routinely fall below the FCC’s base definition of broadband. The result is shown in the U.S.

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Does Medicaid reimburse for telehealth/telemedicine services?

South Central Telehealth Resource Center

Q: Does Medicaid reimburse for telehealth/telemedicine services? A: Federal Medicaid statues do not recognize telemedicine as a distinct service; however, each state has the flexibility to decide if/how its Medicaid program will reimburse for telehealth/telemedicine services. Center for Connected Health Policy (CCHP).

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The Digital Consumer, Increasingly Connected to Health Devices; Parks Associates Kicking Off #CES2021

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Privacy literacy, understanding HIPAA and the importance of personal health data security and control; and, of course, Foundational literacy – the reading, writing, and arithmetic basics that form traditional definitions of “literacy.”

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South Central Legislative/Regulatory Update – February 2018

South Central Telehealth Resource Center

The following is a list of legislative activities compiled by the Center for Connected Health Policy (CCHP) for telehealth and telemedicine within the South Central region (AR, MS, and TN). 1/16/18: Introduced and referred to House Committee on Drug Policy. LEGISLATION. Pending Legislation. Mississippi. Mississippi.

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

South Central Telehealth Resource Center

House of Representatives, allows for an expansion of telehealth/telemedicine coverage under the Medicare Advantage Plan B. The updated telehealth/telemedicine coverage has the potential to positively impact our region’s retired and disabled populations. Fact Sheet (Center for Connected Health Policy).

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Do Medicare providers located at a Distant Site have to be hospital-based to provide services?

South Central Telehealth Resource Center

Asynchronous “store and forward” technology, the transmission of medical information the physician or practitioner at the distant site reviews at a later time, is permitted only in Federal telemedicine demonstration programs in Alaska or Hawaii. This booklet targets the Fee-For-Service Provider and may be helpful to you.