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As CEO of the American Telemedicine Association, her work covers every aspect of this technological delivery of healthcare that has gone mainstream because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Federal and statepolicy to ensure the flexibilities put in place during the pandemic will become permanent following the public health emergency.
The study, published in SSM - Qualitative Research in Health , took a closer look at the rollout of telemedicine at two federally qualified health centers serving primarily Chinese and Latino immigrants. At the same time, elected officials and industry leaders have flagged the possibility that telehealth could potentially worsen inequity.
The Kaiser Family Foundation recently looked at state trends with regard to expanding access to telehealth-based behavioral care during the pandemic and found that states see telemedicine as a key component of maintaining access to behavioral healthcare for Medicaid enrollees. WHY IT MATTERS.
The ATA (American Telemedicine Association) conference, along with offering some qualifying CME sessions, is made up of more broad topic discussions, meant to bring value to many different industry roles and professionals.
THE PROBLEM Prior to 2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic, there were federal and statepolicies in place that discouraged FQHCs like Ryan Health from adopting telehealth services due to payment restrictions. " MARKETPLACE There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today.
Healthcare professionals can reduce claim denials by following all billing protocols defined by payers and statepolicies. How does telemedicine impact oncology billing? From the Covid pandemic, telemedicine has also started billing oncology services but payers have different guidelines for it.
The National Governors Association released a white paper this week examining statepolicies around telehealth and outlining key considerations for governors to assess the potential implications of said policies going forward. ON THE RECORD.
"As we know, [President] Biden has said in recent days that the pandemic is over, so it's possible that the technical public health emergency might expire sometime in the very near future," said Megan Herber, director at Faegre Drinker who advises ATA and ATA Action on all things Federal policy. " ON THE RECORD.
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