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How we can avoid the 'telehealth cliff'

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It's become common knowledge, at this point, that the flexibilities enabled by the federal government at the start of the COVID-19 public health emergency prompted an atmospheric jump in telehealth use. Tim Scott, R-S.C.,

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Report shows 'vast improvement' in state telehealth reimbursement policies

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A report released Tuesday by Foley & Lardner LLP found that the COVID-19 pandemic compelled state and federal policymakers to remove restrictions on and expand reimbursement for telehealth and virtual care at unprecedented rates. It simply accelerated its inevitable growth," Lacktman added. WHY IT MATTERS.

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

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

" With the onset of COVID-19, UVA Health pivoted as an academic health center to scale telehealth technologies that addressed the challenge of clinic closures and the need to limit exposure to COVID-19 both for providers and patients, and provided critically important continuity of care. '" PROPOSAL.

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Senator Tina Smith: 'We have to learn from our experiences' on telehealth

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" “Telehealth has been instrumental in connecting patients and health care professionals during COVID-19. "COVID is not the great equalizer," Smith said, pointing out that communities of color have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic. Tina Smith, D-Minn., Bill Cassidy, R-La.,

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Maine health system embraces telehealth, but looks for policy clarity

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In Maine, COVID-19 case counts have been relatively low compared with the rest of the country, though that number has been slowly climbing. Before COVID-19, Martel noted, CMH was not broadly relying on telehealth, apart from as-needed tele-interpretive services and, on some occasions, in the NICU and for stroke and neurologic services.

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8 must-know lessons from telehealth's new normal

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

He said that in January 2019 – more than a year before the COVID-19 pandemic necessitated, in short order, an even bigger, more sustained and more widespread scaling up of virtual care services than could ever have been imagined two years ago. How to navigate a new policy landscape. How to optimize RPM for physicians.

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The End of Public Health? It’s Not Dead Yet

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Environmental Protection Agency decision, which limited federal agency power to protect against environmental harms. The Court did so by building on decisions like National Federation of Independent Business v. OSHA , which limited federal authority to regulate worker safety with COVID-19 vaccination requirements.