Store-and-Forward Telehealth

New Bill Seeks Nationwide Medicare Coverage for Asynchronous Telehealth Services

August 9, 2021 - A Montana Congressman wants to improve rural healthcare access by ensuring Medicare coverage for asynchronous (store-and-forward) telehealth programs throughout the country. The Rural Telehealth Expansion Act, introduced last week by US Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-MT), would lend credence to a platform that is growing in popularity, particularly in...


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Asynchronous Telehealth Can Extend Primary Care at Community Health Networks

by Emily Sokol, MPH

Store-and-forward or asynchronous telehealth often stays out of the headlines, but one community health network is using the telehealth modality to extend primary care services for their...

Study Targets Benefits of Asynchronous Telehealth for Mental Health Care

by Eric Wicklund

New research out of the University of California Davis finds that telehealth treatments for people with non-urgent mental health needs can be delivered via an asynchronous (store-and-forward) platform...

Florida Mulls Medicaid Coverage for Asynchronous Telehealth, RPM

by Eric Wicklund

Florida lawmakers are considering legislation that allow Medicaid coverage for asynchronous (store-and-forward) telehealth and remote patient monitoring services. S.852, filed last month by State...

2021 Could be a Busy Year for Telehealth Adoption and Sustainability

by Eric Wicklund

Telehealth policy and new methods for connected care will figure prominently in healthcare during 2021, and Xtelligent Healthcare Media will be there to explore it. In a special edition of our...

Tailoring Telehealth to Manage Back to Work and School Programs

by Eric Wicklund

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc on the economy, businesses and schools are taking a look at telehealth to help manage “return to” strategies. While connected health has long played a part in business...

Penn Medicine Identifies Telehealth Benefits in Dermatology Consults

by Eric Wicklund

New research from the University of Pennsylvania and Independence Blue Cross finds that a telemedicine platform can reduce the wait for dermatologist consult from six weeks to less than six hours. The...

Top 5 Uses for a Direct-to-Consumer Telehealth Platform

by Eric Wicklund

Direct-to-consumer telehealth has been one of the stalwarts of the past decade, offering providers and consumers the opportunity to collaborate online without the hassle of appointments, offices or...

Nebraska OKs Reimbursement for Asynchronous Telehealth in Dermatology

by Eric Wicklund

Nebraska lawmakers have approved legislation requiring payers in the state to cover telehealth services provided by a dermatologist on an asynchronous (store-and-forward) platform. LB 760, signed into...

Michigan Governor Signs New Telehealth Coverage Guidelines Into Law

by Eric Wicklund

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has signed into law a handful of bills aimed at expanding telehealth in the state, giving providers more Medicaid coverage and the leeway to use remote patient...

Michigan Lawmakers Look to Expand RPM, Store-and-Forward Telehealth

by Eric Wicklund

Michigan lawmakers are moving forward with a series of bills aimed at expanding telehealth in the state, including mandating Medicaid coverage for services delivered to the home and school and more...

Maryland Governor Signs New Telehealth Rules, Programs Into Law

by Eric Wicklund

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has signed four bills aimed at improving access to and coverage for telehealth services. The bills, HB 448, SB 402, HB 1208 and SB 502, were passed by the Legislature prior...

Maryland Adds Asynchronous Telehealth to Pandemic Treatment Toolbox

by Eric Wicklund

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has issued an executive order allowing healthcare providers in the state to use asynchronous telehealth platforms to deal with the Coronavirus pandemic. “As our state...

Maryland Legislators Ready to Debate Expanding Telehealth Definition

by Eric Wicklund

Maryland lawmakers are gearing up for a battle over telehealth. In response to a rule passed last July by the Maryland Board of Physicians that limits first-time telehealth use with new patients to...

Mayo Clinic Study Demonstrates Telehealth’s Value to Rural Hospitals

by Eric Wicklund

Two rural hospitals using an asynchronous telehealth platform for eConsults with infectious disease experts saw a sharp reduction in risk of death within 30 days, as well as a decreased risk of...

South Dakota Lawmakers Eye Telehealth for Emergency Psych Consults

by Eric Wicklund

South Dakota lawmakers have introduced a bill that would enable healthcare providers to use telehealth to evaluate patient under involuntary commitment for mental health issues. SB 1, submitted this...

Volunteer Group Uses Telehealth to Give Dermatologists a Global Platform

by Eric Wicklund

A group of US and Canadian dermatologists is using telemedicine to extend their expertise around the world, helping care providers in developing countries where access to specialist care is limited and...

Presbyterian Health ‘Sees’ its Way to Success With Asynchronous Telehealth

by Eric Wicklund

A New Mexico health system is finding that its patients want to use telehealth for treatment of minor, non-urgent health concerns, but they don’t necessarily want to be “seen” by a...

California Enacts Telehealth Payment Parity, Boosts Asynchronous Care

by Eric Wicklund

A slew of telehealth bills signed this month by Governor Gavin Newsom positions California at the forefront of the connected health movement – including making the state the latest to require...

Do Video Telehealth Requirements Curtail Access in Rural States?

by Eric Wicklund

States that mandate video-based telemedicine may be hindering access to care for residents who can’t access the bandwidth to support reliable video. That’s the conclusion of a study...

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