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8 must-know lessons from telehealth's new normal

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How to navigate a new policy landscape. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services offered wide latitude around telehealth regulation and reimbursement in the early days of the COVID-19 emergency. How to optimize RPM for physicians.

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Population Health Outcomes: The Impact of Social Determinants of Health and the Initiatives Being Implemented

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Increasingly states apply and are approved for Medicaid 1115 waivers to support enhanced care delivery for some of their most vulnerable populations – moving especially fast in California and New York. There has recently been a wave of movement to marry state and federal policy with grass-roots programs in this space.

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

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"In addition, we responded to requests from our telemedicine partners and expanded our work with community hospitals, FQHCs, and particularly with skilled nursing, long-term care and correctional facilities, congregate settings in which the prevalence of COVID-19 was disproportionately high," she added.

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to UConn cardiology center UConn gene discovery moves closer to treating neuromuscular disease, holds promise for weight loss DC D.C. to UConn cardiology center UConn gene discovery moves closer to treating neuromuscular disease, holds promise for weight loss DC D.C.

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Health Provider News – October 7, 2022

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10 states with the largest decreases to travel nurse pay. Congress continues funding for federal programs through Dec. How tight nursing home capacity is bottlenecking hospital operations. Investigators found high rates of bed sores and extended isolation among Providence nursing home patients, leading to $310K fine.

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NATIONAL 14 rural senators push CMS to extend low-wage hospitals’ payment bump in FY2024 American Hospital Association voices support for telehealth expansion bill Behavioral health market to hit $262B by 2029 Biden administration moves to establish ‘guardrails’ for telehealth prescriptions CMS Officials Confirm End of PHE Nursing (..)

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Dunleavy adds $9M to budget to address food stamp, Medicaid backlog New study provides snapshot of increase in maternal deaths in Alaska Mental Health Trust Grants $1.6M Dunleavy adds $9M to budget to address food stamp, Medicaid backlog New study provides snapshot of increase in maternal deaths in Alaska Mental Health Trust Grants $1.6M