The latest federal COVID-19 relief bill is giving new life to a program aimed at expanding telehealth through better broadband connectivity.
The bill, signed by President Donald Trump this past...
California lawmakers will debate a bill next month that aims to make expanded telehealth coverage permanent for the state’s Medicare program.
AB 32, introduced earlier this month by State...
Global health technology leader Royal Philips and continuous health monitoring company BioIntelliSense will receive nearly $2.8 million from the US Department of Defense (DoD) to validate...
Oregon’s state government has forged agreements with nine payers to extend emergency telehealth coverage – including payment parity – through at least June of 2021.
The extension...
A robust in-patient telehealth platform can save a health system millions of dollars, reduce workload stresses for care providers and, most importantly, improve care outcomes.
That’s the...
Telehealth advocates are lobbying Congress to get something done before the end of the year to ensure continued access to and coverage of telehealth services during the coronavirus pandemic.
In a...
A new report from the University of Kansas Health System credits payment parity as a prime ingredient in telehealth expansion during the coronavirus pandemic, with many providers saying they need that...
The federal government is expanding the telehealth platform for diagnostic tests and other devices that may be used to address the coronavirus pandemic.
The US Department of Health and Human Services...
Telehealth and remote patient monitoring will see significant improvements in Medicare coverage in 2021.
The long-awaited 2021 Physician Fee Schedule, unveiled on Tuesday by the Centers for Medicare...
A federal audit of substance abuse treatment programs has found that many encountered technical problems with using telehealth during the coronavirus pandemic – but they see the benefits and want...
New Jersey lawmakers have expanded the state’s telehealth guidelines to allow more healthcare providers to use connected health technologies during the coronavirus pandemic.
The state’s...
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers is asking the state Legislature to mandate coverage parity for telehealth services through the end of 2021.
The bill was included in a COVID-19 relief package unveiled by...
Roughly a quarter of dentists responding to a recent survey said they’re using telehealth to manage patient care during the coronavirus pandemic, and many of them plan to continue using connected...
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam has signed legislation that amends the Commonwealth’s telehealth laws to eliminate originating site restrictions and the requirement that the patient be...
A telehealth program created at Harvard Medical School has shown value in helping COVID-19 patients rehabilitate at home.
The platform, developed through a partnership with Spaulding Rehabilitation...
UPMC has been awarded almost $2 million to launch a telemedicine platform in Italy, which was hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic earlier this year and is now facing another wave.
The United States...
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are developing an mHealth tool that can detect evidence of COVID-19 in one’s cough.
In a study recently published in the IEEE Journal of...
New York’s Northwell Health system will be giving several thousand Fitbits to employees as part of a telehealth study aimed at proving the value of mHealth wearables in detecting COVID-19.
The...
A new bill before Congress aims to improve Medicare coverage for home health services delivered via telehealth during a public health emergency.
The Home Health Emergency Access to Telehealth (HEAT)...
Lawmakers are now trying to integrate COVID-19 testing with a telehealth visit for seniors and others at risk of contracting the virus.
The Safe Testing at Residence Telehealth (START) Act of 2020,...
