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Bipartisan bills in House, Senate seek to increase telehealth in nursing homes

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Adrian Smith, R-Nebraska, and Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire – would allow Medicare to enter into voluntary, value-based arrangements with medical groups to provide acute care to patients in skilled nursing facilities using a combination of telehealth and on-site staff. Healthcare IT News is a publication of HIMSS Media.

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Limited funding hinders uptake of RPM, DTx in Australia

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Healthcare providers in Australia have been "slow" in their uptake of remote care technologies, such as remote patient monitoring and digital therapeutics. Practitioners are also unlikely to recommend remote care due to dearth of reimbursement incentives.

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Nuvance Health develops new memory care-at-home platform

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Along with telehealth, remote patient monitoring programs grew during the COVID-19 pandemic because federal rules gave providers the flexibility to use RPM for the duration of the public health emergency. "RPM is an effective way to ensure all patients are able to receive the quality, continuous care their condition requires.

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RemoteICU sues over HHS telehealth restrictions

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Despite HHS instituting waivers making tele-ICU services payable under Medicare, RICU says it has been unable to expand its services to more hospitals – because the agency disallows payment for critical-care telemedicine if the physician is located outside the United States. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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CVS Health to purchase Signify Health for $8B

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In March, Signify Health acquired Caravan Health , which serves Medicare beneficiaries through accountable care organizations. "The Signify deal coincides with the ongoing trend of healthcare shifting from the hospital to the home, and as technology plays a bigger role in remote care models."

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Telehealth has staying power, should benefit from lasting regulatory changes

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NYU Langone Health launched its telehealth initiative more than two years ago, but study co-author Dr. Paul Testa told Healthcare IT News that patient use skyrocketed in March. "Medicare announced its coverage at noon, and we saw our first [Medicare] patient at 5 that day." Twitter: @kjercich.

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HIMSS21 tech news: Salesforce Health Cloud innovations; Vivify telehealth scheduling

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"These new care from anywhere innovations ensure that we continue this digital transformation in healthcare and empower providers, payers, care coordinators and pharmaceutical companies to deliver care for patients wherever they are," he added. Vivify Health's remote care enhancements.