The American Medical Association has released a guide to help providers get paid for their telehealth services during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
The new document outlines 11 different...
Florida’s largest medical association is taking the state to task for not mandating telehealth payment parity during the Coronavirus pandemic.
In a letter to State Insurance Commissioner David...
Humana is expanding its telehealth portfolio to help members access connected health services during the Coronavirus pandemic.
The Kentucky-based payer, serving more than 13 million people, announced...
The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association is expanding telehealth coverage for its members, thus improving access to care for roughly one out of every three Americans.
The national network of 36...
Congressional leaders have agreed to a coronavirus response bill that will allow Medicare reimbursement for care providers using telehealth to treat seniors at home.
The emergency spending deal,...
Congress is set to debate a bill mandating Medicare coverage for mHealth tools and platforms that focus on relieving chronic pain.
HR 5833, introduced in February by US Rep. Robert Latta (R-OH), would...
Telehealth and mHealth have potential to help health systems tackle a potential COVID-19 epidemic in much the same way that the technology was used to handle SARS and Ebola outbreaks. And for that...
More than 200 healthcare providers have been selected to participate in a new payment model from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services that uses mHealth and telehealth to improve care for...
Federal officials are offering grants to rural healthcare providers looking to use telehealth to improve emergency services, such as stroke, behavioral health or EMS care.
The Department of Health and...
CMS officials are reportedly looking at allowing Medicare reimbursement for Diabetes Prevention Programs that use telehealth and mHealth.
The news comes from Politico, which reported today that Seema...
Accountable Care Organizations who are at risk of owing money back to Medicare because they haven’t met spending targets on shared-risk beneficiaries now have more freedom to use...
CMS is proposing giving patients with end-stage renal disease in Medicare Advantage plan access to more telehealth benefits, allowing them to receive care at home.
In a proposed rule issued on...
The Center for Connected Health Policy has unveiled a telehealth billing guide, aimed at helping healthcare providers navigate the confusing waters of connected health reimbursement.
With roughly...
A California legislator has submitted a bill seeking to improve Medicaid coverage for telehealth services used by federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics.
AB 2007, submitted this...
Colorado lawmakers will soon be debating a bill that would allow federally qualified health centers to be reimbursed through Medicaid for telehealth services.
House Bill 20-1092, with both House and...
A Washington lawmaker is preparing to resubmit bills aimed at mandating payment parity for telehealth and expand school-based telehealth programs.
The two bills were part of a four-bill package...
Nineteen cancer care centers in Michigan will soon be using an mHealth app to capture patient-reported outcomes in an effort to develop a new Medicare reimbursement model for oncology care.
The...
Armed with the results of a telehealth program that greatly reduced hospital readmissions, a Detroit health system is now looking for payer partnerships to expand their reach.
Executives at the Henry...