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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced that it added eleven new telehealth services to its reimbursement list effective immediately and through the remainder of the coronavirus public health emergency (PHE). Additionally, CMS is providing support to Medicaid and CHIP agencies to expand access to telehealth. There are now 144 services covered … Read more

The pandemic brought about a rapid expansion of telehealth. In response, the National Committee for Quality Assurance, the Alliance for Connected Care, and the American Telemedicine Association brought together experts from across the industry to form The Taskforce on Telehealth Policy (TTP). The taskforce looked at the future of telehealth, specifically considering the quality of … Read more

There is nothing new or innovative about assigning members to primary care doctors. What is new, however, is the coronavirus and how it is making the need for a primary care doctor more apparent than ever before.  Here are the top three reasons to re-up efforts to get patients assigned to a primary care doctor … Read more

The pandemic had a direct impact on well-child visits. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) reported that pediatric visits had dropped as much as 60 percent nationwide in the early phases of the pandemic. The interruption in ongoing care is a concern. To adapt to the current environment pediatricians, like other providers, have integrated telehealth … Read more

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced that it added eleven new telehealth services to its reimbursement list effective immediately and through the remainder of the coronavirus public health emergency (PHE). Additionally, CMS is providing support to Medicaid and CHIP agencies to expand access to telehealth. There are now 144 services covered … Read more