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FCC and other awards helped enable permanent telehealth policy changes in Virginia

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The telemedicine program of the Charlottesville-based University of Virginia Health System was established in 1995 to enhance timely patient access to healthcare services, particularly for patients in rural regions of the Commonwealth of Virginia. "In 2019, UVA Health created a multi-stakeholder strategic plan for telemedicine."

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Why Maternity Care Deserts Aren’t Going Away. Here’s What Can Be Done

HIT Consultant

LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS Many longer-term solutions start with using telemedicine and digital health services. One academic study published in December 2022 states that use of telemedicine -based care: 1. This is a viable strategy for pregnancy care, which benefits from being a defined episode with well-established care measures.

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Allscripts files trademark lawsuit against telemed platform CarePortMD

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In the suit, the EHR giant argues that it has used the CarePort trademark since 2013 and that in 2018 the telemedicine company changed its name from ER at Home to CarePortMD. Earlier this summer, CarePort launched a tool to help hospitals comply with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' interoperability final rules.

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Why a Focus on Behavioral Health is Key to Improving Quality Measures

HIT Consultant

Since the passage of the Medicare Improvements for Patients & Providers Act in 2008, the U.S. Hospitals report the data to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), which uses that data to create the Overall Hospital Quality Star rating for each hospital. Tom Zaubler, MD, Chief Medical Officer of NeuroFlow.

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HIPAA Rules and Regulations

HIPAA Journal

The above HIPAA rules and regulations are mostly administered and enforced by HHS’ Office for Civil Rights (Parts 160 and 164) and HHS’ Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (Part 162). Fortunately, the changes since 2013 have been limited in scale (i.e., the NIC amendment to the Privacy Rule) or regular in nature (i.e.,

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As AI, virtual care reshape the healthcare workforce, remember the difference between 'tasks and jobs'

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Virtual care, telemedicine and remote monitoring are leading the change in how care is delivered and who can deliver it, ushering in the potential for huge savings in time, cost and efficiency while widening access to care for the patients who need it most. right now, primarily in the context of Medicare Advantage.

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October-December 2021 State Regulatory Developments

New Jersey Healthcare Blog

2013(a), the Department of Law and Public Safety, Division of Consumer Affairs, State Board of Medical Examiners adopted amendments, adopted a new rule and repealed a rule related to Surgery, Special Procedures, Anesthesia Services Performed in an Office Setting. Effective September 24, 2021; Technical Changes November 2, 2021.