Four individuals have been charged for their involvement in a telemedicine fraud scheme that swindled public and private payers out of $37 million through the generation of unnecessary prescriptions...
Members of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee have introduced a bipartisan bill that seeks to ensure permanent access to telehealth services.
U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), who is the chair...
Patients and clinicians found telehealth use convenient for chronic kidney disease management, but overall, the virtual modality yielded low satisfaction levels for clinical effectiveness, ease of use,...
The American Hospital Association (AHA) and 15 other healthcare organizations have launched a campaign that aims to preserve telehealth access after the public health emergency has ended.
When the...
National telehealth use increased by 2.3 percent in September, but COVID-19 is no longer in the top five diagnoses, according to FAIR Health’s Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker.
The COVID-19...
A pharmacy owner has been convicted for participating in a $174 million telemedicine fraud, waste, and abuse scheme that deceived pharmacy benefit managers, payers, and consumers.
Peter Bolos, age 44,...
In one year, telehealth usage by Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) beneficiaries increased 63-fold — from approximately 840,000 virtual visits in 2019 to nearly 52.7 million in 2020, according to a...
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Board of Governors has approved $49.5 million in research awards, $23.5 million of which will go toward supporting three research studies that...
Telehealth strategies and interventions are effective at lowering hemoglobin A1C levels in adults with type 2 diabetes, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled...
The majority of cancer care clinicians were satisfied with telehealth and expressed intent to continue to use the care modality in the future, a study published in JAMA Network Open revealed.
Much...
Using telehealth for opioid use disorder treatment may increase access to care for individuals but it may be limited to patients with high digital literacy and those who are deemed stable by their...
Medicare beneficiaries living in metropolitan areas were more likely to report that they used telehealth services, a new study revealed.
Published in the Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice,...
Telehealth policies vary from state to state but in the past few months there have been some common regulation changes across the country. Specifically, states modified their Medicaid reimbursement...
Newly diagnosed cancer patients with high socioeconomic status were more likely to have a telehealth visit in the 30 days following their diagnosis compared to patients with low socioeconomic status,...
Telehealth visits for primary care services did not lead to any significant increases in in-person follow-up visits, hospitalizations, or prescription orders, according to a study by Kaiser Permanente...
Though telehealth has increased access to care in a myriad of ways, a majority of physicians are worried that it does not give them the full picture of patient health — especially with...
U.S. Representatives Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Fred Upton (R-MI) have introduced their finalized Cures 2.0 bill in the House which aims to expand access to telehealth for Medicare and Medicaid...
Jefferson Health is partnering with BAYADA Home Health Care to launch a joint venture focused on providing care in patients' homes.
Called Jefferson Health at Home, the joint venture will leverage...
Telehealth increased access to care for New York State residents, with most patients attending audio-only visits compared to video visits, highlighting the digital divide that still plagues underserved...
The number of outpatient visits after hospital discharges remained stable during the COVID-19 pandemic but telehealth use for these visits increased, suggesting that telehealth was a substitute for...
