– Meri Talk
“Two bills introduced in the House aim to improve the accuracy of the oft-maligned Federal Communications Commission (FCC) broadband availability map by changing reporting requirements and allowing community groups access to funds to do their own reporting.”
– Erick Wicklund (xtelligent Healthcare Media)
“The changes, outlined in the Federal Register, aim to improve how the FCC allocates funding for broadband expansion projects that, among other things, pave the way for new and improved telehealth networks.”
– CVS Health
“CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) today announced that MinuteClinic, the company’s retail medical clinic, has rolled out its video visit offering in the state of South Carolina. People in South Carolina with minor illnesses, minor injuries and skin conditions can now seek care through MinuteClinic Video Visits, a telehealth offering. MinuteClinic Video Visits provide patients with access to care 24 hours a day, seven days a week from their mobile device or computer.”
– Eric Wicklund (xtelligent Healthcare Media)
“President Trump’s Executive Order on Medicare includes directives to increase telehealth adoption in Medicare Advantage plans and improve the process for permitting and covering new mHealth tools and services.”
– PR Newswire
“Today the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Federal Employee Program® (FEP®), announced 2020 benefits with innovative health tools, cost transparency solutions and quality benefits for eligible participants in the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program and the Federal Employees Dental and Vision Insurance Program (FEDVIP).”
-Eric Wicklund (Xtelligent Healthcare Media)
“Sam’s Club will begin offering packaged health services to its members next month. The packages include unlimited access to telehealth for $1 per visit and may eventually include video and mHealth services.”
– Marie McAden, Special to The Guardian (The Augusta Chronicle)
“It was “lights, camera, action!” in Varnville last week when a production crew from South Carolina Educational Television (SCETV) came to town to videotape a segment on a new telehealth service being offered at Beaufort Memorial Harrison Peeples Health Care Center.”
-Forbes
“As the federal government, via Medicare/Medicaid, and insurance companies strive to keep “heads out of beds” (e.g., patients managed into an outpatient setting [your doctor’s office] vs. inpatient/hospital settings), the need for more clinicians and better access to care grows unabated. In an effort to manage both increased demand (e.g., access) by patients and patients (appropriately) nudged into clinic settings, telehealth and its component pieces provide needed access to healthcare, possible cost savings, and, in many cases, improved continuity of care/care management via patient monitoring and adherence to treatment protocols.”
-mHealth Intelligence
“Telehealth advocates are once again asking the Justice Department to follow through with its pledge to create a special registration process for healthcare providers who want to prescribe controlled substances through a telemedicine platform.
As required by the Special Registration for Telemedicine Act of 2018, which was part of the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act signed into law by President Trump in late 2018, the US Drug Enforcement Agency has until October 24 to set the ground rules for providers with a special registration to prescribe controlled substances.
With that deadline fast approaching, the Center for Telehealth & e-Health Law (CTeL) sent a letter to Scott Brinks, section chief of the DEA’s Regulatory Drafting & Policy Support Section, urging the agency to create that special registration, which would enable provider to prescribe controlled substances without the need for a prior in-person exam.”
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-mHealth Intelligence
Remote patient monitoring and telehealth play prominently in the 2020 CPT codes unveiled this month by the American Medical Association.
Among the 248 new codes added to the list for the coming year, the AMA has created six for online digital evaluation services, or e-visits, in which care providers can connect with patients at home to exchange information. Three codes – 99421, 99422 and 99423 – relate to patient-initiated digital communication provided by a physician or other qualified healthcare professional, while three others – 98970, 98971 and 98972 – focus on communications with a “non-physician healthcare professional.”
The new codes represent a continuing trend toward RPM services, as hospitals and health systems look to extend care to the home or other non-traditional settings and collaborate with patients and other care providers on care management.
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