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Stakeholders Urge Congress to Take Early Action on Telehealth Access

February 26, 2024 - More than 200 virtual care stakeholders have signed a letter to Congress urging action on telehealth regulations early in the year, asking for more time to implement new policies before pandemic-era waivers expire on December 31, 2024. The Alliance for Connected Care convened the organizations that sent the letter to congressional leaders last...

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Gaps in internet use rates appear to be narrowing among Medicare beneficiaries, but disparities across demographic groups persist, impacting telehealth access, according to a study published in the...

RPM Improves Hypertension Outcomes but Drives Up Costs

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While remote patient monitoring (RPM) helped improve outcomes for Medicare patients with hypertension, it increased outpatient visits and net healthcare spending, according to a new study. Published...

High Telehealth Use Linked to More Visits for Serious Mental Illness

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Receiving care from medical practices with higher telehealth use is associated with an increase in mental health visits among Medicare patients with serious mental illness, according to a new...

ESRD-Related Telehealth Services Documentation Found Lacking During PHE

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While telehealth services related to end-stage renal disease (ESRD) skyrocketed during the pandemic, providers documented few details of the services with most leaving out the type of...

Telehealth Companies Face Repercussions for Medicare Fraud Scheme

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The owner of Conclave Media (Conclave) and Nationwide Health Advocates (Nationwide) pleaded guilty to a telehealth fraud scheme that involved ordering medically unnecessary durable medical equipment...

MedPAC: Lower Telehealth Payments to Pre-Pandemic Facility Rates

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The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) released its 2023 report to Congress last week, in which it made numerous recommendations, including returning to the pre-pandemic lower facility rate...

Legislation Aims to Maintain Virtual Access to Physical Therapy

by Mark Melchionna

Through the reintroduction of the Expanded Telehealth Access Act, United States Reps. Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) and Diana Harshbarger (TN-01) aim to permanently allow virtual access to physical therapy...

CMS: Hospitals Can Continue to Bill for Remote Outpatient Therapies

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In a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) document, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) stated that hospitals could continue to bill for various outpatient therapies delivered via remote...

Kansas Doctor Charged in Telehealth Fraud Scheme

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The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Dr. Gautam Jayaswal of Overland Park, Kansas, faced charges following a telehealth fraud scheme involving accusations of ordering unneeded...

Telehealth Lessened Overdose Risk Among Patients with Opioid Use Disorder

by Mark Melchionna

Published in JAMA Psychiatry, a recent study found that Medicare beneficiaries who engaged in opioid use disorder (OUD)-related care through telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic experienced a lower...

Reps Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Expand Telehealth Benefits

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Last week, six US House representatives announced the introduction of the Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act, a piece of bipartisan legislation that aims to provide American workers with...

AHA Urges Congress to Permanently Expand Access to Telehealth Services

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Amid the ongoing Congressional efforts surrounding permanent telehealth reform, the American Hospital Association (AHA) wrote letters to the US Senate and House of Representatives providing feedback on...

Group asks CMS to Issue Interim Final Rule to Preserve Telehealth Access

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In pursuit of reliable telehealth access for Medicare beneficiaries, the Alliance for Connected Care wrote a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requesting an interim final...

New Data Shows Telehealth Usage Drops by 4% Nationally

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Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Fair Health Monthly Telehealth Regional tracker reported that telehealth use fell nationally and in every US census region last October, except usage in the...

Telehealth Use Among Medicare Beneficiaries Drops to 15% in Q2 2022

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In the second quarter of 2022, about 15 percent of Medicare beneficiaries used telehealth, down from 48 percent in Q2 2020, according to a new data analysis from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...

Stakeholders Request Telehealth Coverage Extension for HDHPs

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National Telehealth Use Appears to be Stabilizing

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Like the month prior, the FAIR Health Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker reported that national telehealth use remained relatively stable in August, despite slight variability in certain US...

Out-of-State Telehealth Aided Rural Residents Amid the Pandemic

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A study published in JAMA Health Forum found that many Medicare beneficiaries benefitted from the elimination of restrictions on out-of-state telehealth services during the COVID-19 pandemic, primarily...

Telehealth Use More Frequent Among Urban, Hispanic Medicare Beneficiaries

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