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Report: Telemedicine, modernized licensing can help bridge health disparity gap

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"With the recent rise in virtual care, I'm hopeful that soon your ZIP code will no longer decide the type or quality of healthcare you receive, no matter where you live," said Dr. Ian Tong, chief medical officer at Included Health (formerly known as Doctor on Demand), in a statement about the report provided to Healthcare IT News.

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Trust My Doctor and Fear the Office: The Telehealth Opportunity in and Beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Doctors maintain their top status as U.S. However, as patients continue to be concerned about exposure to COVID-19, 3 in 5 are concerned about being at-risk to the virus in their doctor’s office, according to research from the Alliance of Community Health Plans (ACHP) and AMCP , the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy.

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CMS relaxes more rules around telehealth, allowing care across state lines

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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has temporarily suspended several regulations to enable hospitals, clinics and other providers to boost their front-line medical staff during the coronavirus pandemic.

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Bipartisan TIKES Act would improve telehealth access for kids

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Department of Health and Human Services to issue guidance to states about how to increase access to telehealth under Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program. Examples of states that have used waivers under the Medicaid program to test expanded access to telehealth. Blunt Rochester in a statement. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Where telehealth can help curb the mental health staffing shortage

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

how streamlined licensing and credentialing can help with the psychiatrist shortage. How can telehealth, combined with streamlined licensing and credentialing, help solve the nation's current psychiatrist shortage? An average doctor's appointment across the U.S. Telehealth, however, does so directly and immediately.

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Telehealth's post-COVID challenge: integrating in-person care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

He noted the moves by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to reimburse providers for services and allow telehealth care between states , and the relaxed HIPAA regulations around technology use , as important contributors to the uptick in telehealth availability. Telehealth in the long term.

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RemoteICU sues over HHS telehealth restrictions

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

licensed, board-certified intensivists who were trained in the United States and have practice experience there. "There are patients dying in the hospital every day of COVID-19, and every day we see more reports saying we need more ICU doctors," Panuccio said. " HHS did not respond to requests for comment on the lawsuit.

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