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Well-child visits are essential for delivering preventive care for children. As a matter of fact, they are so important that the American Academy of Pediatrics has recommended that pediatricians continue to see children for well-child visits during the pandemic, so they get important vaccinations and screenings for developmental and learning milestones. They also provide an … Read more

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines chronic diseases as conditions that last one year or more and require ongoing medical attention or limit activities of daily living, or both. These diseases affect approximately 6 out of every 10 Americans and include commonly heard-of conditions, like: Heart Disease Cancer Lung Disease Stroke Alzheimer’s Disease … 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

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