Connected Health

Wisconsin Governor Eyes Major Investments in Telemental Health

by Eric Wicklund

Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers is putting an emphasis on expanding telehealth services for mental healthcare during the coming years. Evers’ proposed 2021-23 budget includes more than $150...

Baystate Health Addresses Value-Based Care Gaps With Connected Health

by Eric Wicklund

A hybrid mobile integrated health program launched by Baystate Health in late 2018 averted more than 1,000 emergency department visits and 40 admissions for at-risk patients and saved more than...

mHealth Wearables, Connected Health Detect COVID-19 Early

by Hannah Nelson

Wearable devices can detect COVID-19 cases earlier than traditional diagnostic methods and can provide connected health solutions for providers to manage the disease, according to a Mount Sinai...

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...

Telehealth for Occupational Health Benefits Both Employee and Employer

by Eric Wicklund

America’s businesses have always run on the mantra that employee health is important to the company’s bottom line, and that lost work time means lost productivity. Now they’re...

Congress Gets Another Shot at Easing Telehealth Licensure Restrictions

by Eric Wicklund

Lawmakers have re-introduced a bill that would allow healthcare providers to use telehealth to treat anyone in the any state throughout the coronavirus pandemic. The Temporary Reciprocity to Ensure...

New mHealth Study Gives Kids a Chance to Learn From Video Games

by Eric Wicklund

Magellan Health is launching a new study to determine how mHealth games can help children with mental health concerns. The Arizona-based managed care company’s behavioral and specialty health...

Humana Launches Remote Patient Monitoring Program for Chronic Care

by Eric Wicklund

Humana is launching a home healthcare service that includes remote patient monitoring. The Kentucky-based insurer is partnering with DispatchHealth to launch the program in Denver and Tacoma, WA, for...

Telehealth, Licensure Portability Featured in New Disaster Preparedness Plan

by Eric Wicklund

A proposed national strategy for preparing for the next pandemic or disaster includes increased access to and coverage of telehealth and a provider licensure plan. Those ideas are contained in a study...

Lawmakers Reintroduce COVID-19 Telehealth Licensure Bill

by Eric Wicklund

A bill has been resubmitted that would allow healthcare providers to use telehealth to treat patients in any state for up to six months after the coronavirus pandemic. The Equal Access to Care Act was...

California Eyes Post-COVID-19 Telehealth Policy for Medicaid Patients

by Eric Wicklund

California’s Department of Health Care Services is planning an aggressive post-COVID-19 telehealth policy for the state’s Medicaid program. In a 14-page report issued this week, the DHCS...

Mass. Health Systems Launch mHealth Programs to Support Preventive Health

by Eric Wicklund

Two Massachusetts health systems are launching mHealth programs aimed at helping employees prevent or manage cardiometabolic diseases and kick the habit. UMass Memorial Health Care is partnering with...

RAND Telehealth Survey Finds Value in Including Audio-Only Phones

by Eric Wicklund

The key to telehealth access for underserved populations may be the audio-only phone. And that could be a problem once the coronavirus pandemic is over. According to a RAND study of telehealth traffic...

Could the Private Payer Market Influence Post-COVID-19 Telehealth Coverage?

by Eric Wicklund

An analysis of telehealth coverage by private payers during the coronavirus pandemic finds that most of the big health plans made major changes in coverage to help providers embrace connected...

Tennessee Health System Looks to Use Telehealth, RPM Beyond Covid-19 Care

by Eric Wicklund

A telehealth platform launched last July at West Tennessee Healthcare to monitor COVID-19 patients has proven so good at boosting outcomes and reducing hospitalizations that officials are now planning...

Maryland Lawmakers Take on Telehealth Expansion, Broadband Access

by Eric Wicklund

Maryland lawmakers are launching two separate efforts to expand telehealth access in their state beyond the coronavirus pandemic. The Legislature is moving forward with a bill aimed at permanently...

Washington is Awash in New and Reintroduced Telehealth Bills

by Eric Wicklund

The telehealth bills are starting to pile up on Capitol Hill. At least three more bills have been filed over the past two weeks, each seeking to expand connected health access and coverage either...

Will FCC’s Emergency Broadband Benefit Program Boost Telehealth?

by Eric Wicklund

The Federal Communications Commission will hold a round-table discussion next month on a new program designed to help underserved households improve broadband access for telehealth and other...

Global Study Using RPM, mHealth to Treat COVID-19 Patients at Home

by Eric Wicklund

Researchers in Arizona are launching a global study that aims to use mHealth wearables and apps, AI bots and a telehealth platform to monitor and treat COVID-19 patients at home, thereby reducing...

NH Lawmakers Seek to End Telehealth Parity, Audio-Only Phone Coverage

by Eric Wicklund

New Hampshire lawmakers are debating a bill that would revise the state’s telehealth rules to eliminate payment parity and coverage for audio-only services. HB 602, recently introduced by State...

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