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HHS watchdog reiterates importance of preventing telemedicine fraud

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Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Inspector General recognized telehealth's potential while cautioning that steps must be taken to ensure virtual care will not be compromised by fraud. "OIG is conducting significant oversight work assessing telehealth services during the public health emergency.

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Bipartisan legislation would broaden telehealth benefits for employees

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Specifically, the bill would amend HIPAA and the Affordable Care Act to allow employees to receive this benefit, maintaining that any standalone telehealth service would remain separate from traditional health plans, rather than as a replacement. Department of Veterans Affairs. The full text of the act can be read here.

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VA taps Philips for 10-year, potentially $100M telehealth critical care contract

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Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded a major long-term contract to Philips to build out the VA’s tele-critical care infrastructure. Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in a statement. WHY IT MATTERS. " The expansion of VA's existing telehealth capabilities – it delivered more than 2.5

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HIMSS names 2021 Changemaker Award winners

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Chief Medical Information Officer, Urban Health Plan. As CMIO of Urban Health Plan, a Bronx-based Federally-Qualified Health Center, Connelly-Flores has worked to boost COVID-19 vaccination rates via texting campaigns, online vaccine registration and other patient engagement projects focused on one of the areas in the U.S.

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Aspects of Social Determinants of Health: Acting on SDoH

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For instance, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has 50 data sets pointing to available help; states and the Department of Veterans Affairs has other data sets. Like other organizations in this series, Surgo Health conducts surveys and mines various data sets to inform their analyses.