Telemedicine Strategies

Study Targets Benefits of Asynchronous Telehealth for Mental Health Care

by Eric Wicklund

New research out of the University of California Davis finds that telehealth treatments for people with non-urgent mental health needs can be delivered via an asynchronous (store-and-forward) platform...

New mHealth Group Targets Data Security, Tackling the Digital Divide

by Eric Wicklund

The Digital Medicine Society has launched a new collaborative aimed at developing best practices for measuring health through mHealth platforms. The Digital Health Measurement Collaborative Community...

Illinois Moves to Expand Telehealth Coverage, With Limited Payment Parity

by Eric Wicklund

Illinois lawmakers have passed legislation that expands telehealth access and coverage in the state, including establishing payment parity for behavioral health and substance abuse services and...

Wellstar Uses Remote Patient Monitoring to Create Partnerships With Patients

by Eric Wicklund

Hospitals and health systems are jumping onto the remote patient monitoring bandwagon these days to boost care management. At the Wellstar Health System, administrators are looking beyond the clinical...

Could Congress Help Community Health Centers Expand Mobile Health Outreach?

by Eric Wicklund

A bill introduced this past March in the Senate could help community health centers improve access to care for underserved populations through mobile health clinics, some with telehealth...

FCC Is Ready to Move Forward With Connected Care Pilot Program

by Eric Wicklund

The Federal Communication Commission is ready to move forward with its Connected Care Pilot Program, which aims to help providers expand their telehealth networks through better broadband...

Texas Lawmakers OK Telehealth Expansion for Medicaid, Public Health Plans

by Eric Wicklund

Texas is set to approve legislation that would give the state’s Medicaid program and other public health plans more leeway to cover telehealth and allow audio-only telehealth services in some...

Senators Want to Codify VA’s Telehealth Success, Add More Services

by Eric Wicklund

Telehealth advocates have long used the Department of Veterans’ Affairs as an example of how telehealth is working well. A new bill before the US Senate aims to help the VA go even further with...

California Provider Sees Telehealth as an Integral Part of PACE Programs

by Eric Wicklund

A California-based healthcare provider is integrating telehealth into its PACE programs, saying the connected health platform improves its ability to provide value-based care for seniors in their own...

DOJ Files Charges Linked to Abuse of COVID-19 Telehealth Freedoms

by Eric Wicklund

(Updated on May 28 with further comments) Justice Department officials have announced the first criminal charges linked to telehealth coverage laws that have been relaxed during the coronavirus...

New Bill Aims to Reduce the Financial Burden of a Telehealth Visit

by Eric Wicklund

A new bill before Congress aims to reduce the financial burden on patients by exempting telehealth services in certain high-deductible health plans. The Telehealth Expansion Act of 2021 (S. 1704),...

Virginia Includes Telehealth in New Pediatric Mental Health Program

by Eric Wicklund

Virginia has launched a statewide initiative to give children, teenagers and young adults better access to mental health services, including through telehealth channels. The Virginia Mental Health...

Feds Invest $14M to Integrate Telehealth Into Pediatric Primary Care Offices

by Eric Wicklund

The federal government is investing more than $14 million in telehealth programs that integrate behavioral health services into pediatric primary care. The Health and Human Services Department is...

California Doctors’ Group Pushes Full Coverage for Audio-Only Telehealth

by Eric Wicklund

California’s largest medical association is challenging Governor Gavin Newsom’s plan to set Medicaid reimbursement for audio-only telehealth at 65 percent, saying providers should be...

GAO Tells Congress to Wait on Expanding Telehealth Coverage Past the Pandemic

by Eric Wicklund

The US government’s financial watchdog is advising lawmakers to wait a while and gather more data before deciding on whether to permanently expand telehealth coverage for Medicare and Medicaid...

Connecticut’s New Telehealth Law Sees Long-Term Policy as a Work in Progress

by Eric Wicklund

Telehealth advocates are cheering Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont’s extension of pandemic-related telehealth coverage for another two years, saying it gives providers more time to develop...

Nova Scotia Launches Telehealth Pilot to Connect Residents With PCPs

by Eric Wicklund

Nova Scotia is launching a telehealth program aimed at improving access to care for the more than 65,000 residents of the Canadian province who don’t have a primary care provider. Nova Scotia...

American Academy of Neurology Lobbies for Telehealth Coverage

by Eric Wicklund

The American Academy of Neurology is joining the effort to compel Congress to extend telehealth coverage past the pandemic, saying connected health will continue to be a valuable tool to help...

Kaiser Permanente, Mayo Clinic to Expand Home-Based Connected Health Program

by Eric Wicklund

Kaiser Permanente and the Mayo Clinic are planning to expand a relatively new care model that combines telehealth, mHealth and in-person visits to treat acute care patients in their own homes rather...

Vendor Survey IDs Challenges for Remote Patient Monitoring Programs

by Eric Wicklund

A vendor-initiated study on remote patient monitoring programs that address patients with cardiac disease finds that many are missing out on important clinical and financial benefits. Conducted by RPM...

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