Solo healthcare providers often have a variety of reasons for moving to a telehealth platform, ranging from patient convenience to a better work-life balance.
And while Sierra Christensen, PT, DPT,...
With COVID-19 all but eliminating non-urgent visits to the doctor’s office, a new study proving the value of telehealth in treating insomnia could be a welcome relief for people with sleep...
Four healthcare providers and a pair of research institutions are getting more than $330,000 in grants to expand the use and study of telehealth and mHealth in treatments for opioid use disorder...
Federal officials are throwing support behind telehealth and mHealth platform that would help providers extend dialysis treatment to the home.
Earlier this month, the Centers for Medicare &...
Three prominent cancer care centers have been awarded grants from the National Cancer Institute to examine how telehealth has helped improve care management and coordination during the coronavirus...
A new bill before the Senate aims to expand the telehealth platform for substance abuse treatment.
Introduced last week by Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), the Telehealth...
The American College of Rheumatology is coming down on the side of telehealth, with a position paper that lists six values of connected care and points out two areas of concern.
The organization was...
The ongoing challenges of the coronavirus pandemic are compelling dentists to look at telehealth as a means of staying in business.
Some 40 percent of dentists in a recent survey said they’re...
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...
Small and solo medical practices looking to adopt telehealth should be thinking more about the convenience it offers patients than financial reimbursement.
That’s the advice of Amy Witt, a...
Louisiana lawmakers have passed legislation expanding the state’s telehealth guidelines to include behavioral health services.
Faced with an increase in stress, anxiety and other issues caused...
The Department of Veterans Affairs is expanding its telehealth platform to give veterans access to precision cancer care and genetic counseling no matter where they live.
The VA announced last week...
With the coronavirus pandemic putting a strain on mental health services, a group of lawmakers is asking Congress to give telehealth more time to prove itself.
In a May 21 letter to Congressional...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is finalizing plans to expand telehealth coverage in Medicare Advantage plans.
Building on a proposed rule issued this past February, CMS is...
Hospice providers are asking that Medicare continue to cover telehealth services beyond the current coronavirus pandemic.
In a letter sent last week to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...
A telehealth company spun out of UPMC to provide expertise on infectious diseases is bulking up its resources to deal with the coronavirus pandemic.
Infectious Disease Connect (ID Connect) announced...
A group of lawmakers wants to help seniors access audiology services via telehealth during the coronavirus pandemic.
Led by Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Rep. Tom Rice (R-SC), the group sent a...
Federal officials have awarded $20 million to four healthcare providers and two organizations to improve telehealth outreach during the COVID-19 pandemic - including efforts to expand multi-state...
Federal officials are once again relaxing the rules for telehealth use during the Coronavirus pandemic, allowing physical therapists and other providers to be reimbursed through Medicare and expanding...
As expected, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf has vetoed a telehealth bill because it includes a ban on telemedicine abortions.
At the same time, Wolf released a “Cross-agency Telehealth...
