Federal regulators are moving to permanently expand telehealth coverage for home health care services.
In a June 25 notice, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services unveiled a proposed rule to...
A Chicago health system is launching a telehealth service that will use mHealth wearables to monitor front-line employees and high-risk patients for early indications of COVID-19.
The University of...
When Long Island Select Healthcare tallied up the results of a three-year, grant-funded telehealth program in 2017, administrators saw strong results – an 86 percent reduction in ER visits, a 50...
School may not be in session because of the coronavirus pandemic, but that doesn’t mean school-based telehealth programs are shuttered. In many cases, they’re busier than ever.
While...
Healthcare providers in Idaho now have permanent access to a wide range of telehealth and mHealth tools to improve access to care and outcomes.
Idaho Governor Brad Little this week signed an executive...
A new virtual community is advancing the idea that telehealth and mHealth can help the healthcare industry move toward more collaborative care.
CareAsOne, unveiled this month in San Francisco, aims to...
As the healthcare industry looks to mHealth to improve both the doctor and patient experience, chatbots just might be the tool that meets everyone’s needs.
Also known as conversational agents,...
While Congress is under mounting pressure to extend telehealth coverage past the coronavirus pandemic, some lawmakers want to make sure the evidence is there to support those moves.
A bill introduced...
People living with a chronic condition want telehealth and mHealth tools to help manage their health at home, as long as those tools are coming from their doctor.
That conclusion, from a survey...
A new bill before Congress aims to allow providers unfettered use of telehealth for six months after the end of the COVID-19 emergency.
Introduced this week by Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Ted...
A community health clinic in Oakland that offers free healthcare to underserved populations is discovering just how important telehealth can be when payment and reimbursement are taken off the...
New York has approved Medicaid and CHIP coverage for audio-only and video-only telehealth services, giving providers more opportunities to connect with patients for care.
New York Governor Andrew...
Nearly two dozen telehealth advocates, organizations, providers and vendors are joining forces to present a united front in lobbying for long-term connected health access and coverage.
The Taskforce...
The Federal Communications Commission has approved another 62 applications from healthcare providers for funding from the COVID-19 Telehealth Program.
With its 11th set of applications, the FCC has...
Veterans used telehealth to access care more than 120,000 times a week during the height of the coronavirus pandemic, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs.
That’s more than a 1,000...
Federal regulators have signaled their support for a pair of mHealth platforms that use digital therapeutic tools to improve chronic care management.
The US Food and Drug Administration has granted...
Lawmakers are looking to extend telehealth into rural parts of America to improve access for people in need of mental health services.
A group of Senators last week introduced the Home-Based...
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has pushed telehealth and mHealth to center stage as healthcare providers of all sizes look to provide care on virtual platforms. But the emergency – and the...
Congress is growing increasingly worried that the Federal Communications Commission’s COVID-19 Telehealth Program isn’t doing what it should be doing.
In a letter issued Friday to FCC...
A new bill introduced in Congress this week aims to create a $50 million telehealth fund to launch remote patient monitoring programs in rural America.
The latest bill, introduced this week by...
