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Report shows 'vast improvement' in state telehealth reimbursement policies

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The wide-ranging report – which focuses only on commercial health insurance laws, and not Medicaid rules – notes that, although telehealth coverage has widely expanded, not all of these laws are equally effective at ensuring access to virtual care.

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“It’s the Deductible, Stupid” – Health Premiums Reach $20,576 in 2019 for a Family

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Survey details for this 21st annual encyclopedia on employer-sponsored health care are published in Health Affairs October 2019 issue in a paper titled, Health Benefits in 2019: Premiums Inch Higher, Employers Respond to Federal Policy. politics both at the Federal and State levels.

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Americans Grew Digital Health-Data Muscles in the Pandemic – New Insights from the Pew Charitable Trusts

Health Populi

When survey respondents were explained that federal privacy laws (namely, HIPAA) do not cover much of the data that flows into apps (such as that from wearable tech like smartwatches, connected fitness equipment, or nutrition tracking sites), two-thirds of Americans were concerned about their potential health privacy “leakages.”

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