Using trauma-informed principles in telehealth visits may mitigate health impacts of COVID-19 while increasing engagement in care and opportunities for protective, healing connections BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE (Boston)–The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted a rapid expansion of telehealth use in the U.S. While articles have been published on telehealth and best practices for patient-centered communication […]
WASHINGTON (ABC7) — Telehealth has gone from a novelty to necessity during the pandemic as patients’ fears grow over contracting COVID-19 at hospitals and primary care offices. “Heart attack, strokes, cardiac arrests. They don’t stop because of COVID,” said Dr. Reginald Robinson of the American Heart Association during a District of Columbia news conference Wednesday. The District, along […]
The new telehealth-specific electronic clinical quality measures are to be used by eligible professionals and clinicians participating in CMS quality reporting programs such as MIPS and APMs. By Mike Miliard July 09, 2020 The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has put together further detailed guidance for how healthcare providers should be documenting and reporting electronic […]
During the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has authorized new flexibility for medical residents and teaching physicians to rely on telehealth when caring for Medicare beneficiaries. For many types of services, it is no longer necessary for the patient, resident and supervising physician to all be in […]
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has provided some guidance within the “Medicare and Medicaid Programs Policy and Regulatory Revisions in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency” interim final rule (IFR), allowing for remote patient monitoring, or RPM. This type of patient care is very helpful for ongoing treatment during the COVID-19 […]
Feasibility and Acceptability of Using a Telehealth Platform to Monitor Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Survivors at Risk for Cardiovascular Disease EllenChang1, AleksiIukuridze2, MeaganEchevarria2, Jennifer BeranoTeh2, DayanaChanson2, BonnieKy3, Eric J.Chow4, RyotaroNakamura5, LanieLindenfeld2, Saro H.Armenian2 1Department of Hematology and Oncology, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 2Department of Population Sciences, City of Hope, […]
Telemedicine has been around for a long time, but recent circumstances have caused its adoption rates and popularity to skyrocket. For many practices and patients, this is a new technology that they must now learn how to engage with in order to continue managing their care safely. To that end, it’s worth exploring the different […]
The coronavirus could be the match that finally sparks the Medicare Advantage (MA) boom for home care. The explosion has been a long time coming. It all started when the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) first expanded the scope of MA supplemental benefits in April 2018. The move opened the door for MA […]
On July 2, 2020 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released guidance documents on the allowance of telehealth encounters for the Eligible Professional and Eligible Clinician electronic clinical quality measures (eCQMs) used in CMS quality reporting programs for the 2020 and 2021 performance periods. The guidance applies to eCQMs used in the: Quality […]
Signed by more than 35 Senators, the letter to HHS and CMS officials asks for ‘a written plan and timeline for permanent administrative changes to Medicare rules governing the provision of telehealth.’ By Eric Wicklund July 07, 2020 – Congress is ratcheting up the pressure on the federal government to explain when and how it will rule on […]
It’s time for policymakers, hospitals and everyone else at the health care roulette table to bet all their chips on proactive, pre-acute home-based care. During the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. health care system has undergone a massive change marked by the skyrocketing use of telehealth technology and the shift away from brick-and-mortar medical appointments. In […]
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma spoke about the impact COVID-19 is having on interoperability discussions at an event Tuesday. The COVID-19 pandemic has “exposed a lot of inefficiencies” in the healthcare system—with one of the largest being data sharing and access, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma […]
More studies show how COVID-19 aftermath survival may be driven by heart conditions across all demographics. InfoBionic explains why remote cardiac monitoring will be foundational to improving patient outcomes in an evolving long term. As concerns grow over the long-term cardiovascular health implications of COVID-19, health providers look to remote patient monitoring and telehealth to […]
340 organisations have signed a letter requesting Congressional leaders make telehealth flexibilities which have been created during the Covid-19 pandemic permanent. At the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, Congress quickly waived statutory barriers to allow expanded access to telehealth, however, if Congress does not act before the Covid-19 public health emergency expires, then these current […]
In the past, healthcare at home was considered as a luxury only few could enjoy but with the advancement of technology, we see the era of healthcare digitalization. Technology is the main catalyst that drives the evolved ecosystem of home and healthcare. Let’s discuss some key statistics, shall we? According to Grand View Research, the global home […]