Emory University is partnering with a Georgia-based non-profit to study how telehealth can be used to help low-income, uninsured people with chronic conditions access healthcare services.
The...
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...
The Digital Medicine Society has launched a new collaborative aimed at developing best practices for measuring health through mHealth platforms.
The Digital Health Measurement Collaborative Community...
Illinois lawmakers have passed legislation that expands telehealth access and coverage in the state, including establishing payment parity for behavioral health and substance abuse services and...
Hospitals and health systems are jumping onto the remote patient monitoring bandwagon these days to boost care management. At the Wellstar Health System, administrators are looking beyond the clinical...
A bill introduced this past March in the Senate could help community health centers improve access to care for underserved populations through mobile health clinics, some with telehealth...
The Federal Communication Commission is ready to move forward with its Connected Care Pilot Program, which aims to help providers expand their telehealth networks through better broadband...
Texas is set to approve legislation that would give the state’s Medicaid program and other public health plans more leeway to cover telehealth and allow audio-only telehealth services in some...
Telehealth advocates have long used the Department of Veterans’ Affairs as an example of how telehealth is working well. A new bill before the US Senate aims to help the VA go even further with...
A California-based healthcare provider is integrating telehealth into its PACE programs, saying the connected health platform improves its ability to provide value-based care for seniors in their own...
(Updated on May 28 with further comments) Justice Department officials have announced the first criminal charges linked to telehealth coverage laws that have been relaxed during the coronavirus...
The debate over whether to allow Medicare coverage for audio-only telehealth services is now before Congress.
US Reps. Jason Smith (R-MO) and Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) this week introduced the Permanency...
Three health systems are joining a federally-funded project aimed at developing an mHealth platform that can continuously track COVID-19 patients at home and notify care providers the moment their...
A new bill before Congress aims to reduce the financial burden on patients by exempting telehealth services in certain high-deductible health plans.
The Telehealth Expansion Act of 2021 (S. 1704),...
Virginia has launched a statewide initiative to give children, teenagers and young adults better access to mental health services, including through telehealth channels.
The Virginia Mental Health...
The mHealth wearables industry has long been focused on activity bands and watches, even jewelry and smartglasses. Often overlooked is the concept of sensor-embedded clothing, but that form factor is...
The federal government is investing more than $14 million in telehealth programs that integrate behavioral health services into pediatric primary care.
The Health and Human Services Department is...
California’s largest medical association is challenging Governor Gavin Newsom’s plan to set Medicaid reimbursement for audio-only telehealth at 65 percent, saying providers should be...
The US government’s financial watchdog is advising lawmakers to wait a while and gather more data before deciding on whether to permanently expand telehealth coverage for Medicare and Medicaid...
Telehealth advocates are cheering Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont’s extension of pandemic-related telehealth coverage for another two years, saying it gives providers more time to develop...
