As the COVID-19 pandemic continues across the United States, states, payers, and providers are looking for ways to expand access to telehealth services. Telehealth is an essential tool in ensuring patients are able to access...more
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues across the United States, states, payers, and providers are looking for ways to expand access to telehealth services. Telehealth is an essential tool in ensuring patients are able to access...more
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues across the United States, states, payers, and providers are looking for ways to expand access to telehealth services. Telehealth is an essential tool in ensuring patients are able to access...more
9/18/2020
/ Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Veterans Affairs ,
Executive Orders ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
Physician Fee Schedule ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Secretary of HHS ,
Telehealth ,
Telemedicine
Editor’s Note: An array of care gaps and structural barriers inhibits the U.S. primary healthcare system from fully meeting the needs of women across the life course. Recently, new models of technology-enabled primary...more
The COVID-19 pandemic is wreaking serious health and economic consequences on children and families. At the same time, pediatric providers have scaled their telehealth capabilities at warp speed to reduce disease spread and...more
Over the past five months, Congress and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have dramatically, but temporarily, expanded coverage and reimbursement for telehealth services in response to the COVID-19 pandemic....more
Editor’s Note: The U.S. primary healthcare system does not effectively meet women’s needs during the teen and young adult years and/or as they age and transition through later stages of life. In a new report prepared in...more
Expansion of telehealth services during the COVID-19 pandemic has been critical to maintaining continuity of care and enabling providers to connect with patients virtually during a time when in-person interactions raise the...more
How Can States Leverage Telehealth Policies and Implement Eligibility and Enrollment Strategies to Protect Children’s Access to Medicaid During COVID-19? Find Out at a New Webinar From Manatt Health, the American Academy of...more
8/3/2020
/ Best Practices ,
Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Eligibility ,
Enrollment ,
Health Care Providers ,
Medicaid ,
Pediatrics ,
SNAP Program ,
Special Needs Children ,
Telehealth ,
Webinars
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues across the United States, states, payers, and providers are looking for ways to expand access to telehealth services. Telehealth is an essential tool in ensuring patients are able to access...more
7/30/2020
/ CARES Act ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Executive Orders ,
Health Care Providers ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Interim Final Rules (IFR) ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
OCR ,
Preventive Health Care ,
Public Health ,
Telehealth ,
Telemedicine
Editor’s Note: Massachusetts led the nation in rapidly deploying progressive new policies to temporarily expand access to telehealth across payers and providers during the COVID-19 pandemic—prompting exponential growth in the...more
7/28/2020
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Health and Safety ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Medicaid ,
Mental Health ,
Patient Access ,
Substance Abuse ,
Telehealth ,
Telemedicine
As states and federal agencies continue to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, they are also beginning to develop and implement permanent telehealth policy changes in order to continue to expand access to telehealth services beyond...more
7/14/2020
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
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Legislative Agendas ,
Medicare ,
New Guidance ,
Physician Medicare Reimbursements ,
Public Health ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Telehealth ,
Telemedicine
Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) is real-time or near real-time evaluation of a patient’s clinical status outside of a traditional healthcare setting. RPM leverages wireless devices (e.g., weight scale, blood pressure...more
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...more
The use of telehealth technology and services has increased by record levels in 2020, driven by the realities of the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent telehealth policy flexibilities temporarily implemented by federal, state...more
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread across the United States, states, payors, and providers are looking for ways to expand access to telehealth services. Improving access to telehealth is an essential tool in...more
6/10/2020
/ CARES Act ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
Medicare Advantage ,
Relief Measures ,
Telehealth ,
Telemedicine
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread across the United States, states, payors, and providers are looking for ways to expand access to telehealth services. Improving access to telehealth is an essential tool in...more
5/14/2020
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CARES Act ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Cost-Sharing ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
FCC ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Medicare Advantage ,
Rural Health Care Providers ,
Telehealth
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread across the United States, states, payors and providers are looking for ways to expand access to telehealth services. Improving access to telehealth is an essential tool in ensuring...more
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread across the U.S., states, payers and providers are looking for ways to expand access to telehealth. Improving access to telehealth is an essential tool in ensuring patients are...more
Editor’s Note: Healthcare providers are increasingly deploying telehealth capabilities that will extend services to patients in rural areas, provide high-quality care to individuals with complex conditions and reduce costs...more
Manatt thanks Sol Lee, summer analyst, for his contributions.
Editor’s Note: The return on investment (ROI) of telehealth programs can vary dramatically among organizations. Because different types of providers have...more
Healthcare providers are increasingly investing in and deploying telehealth capabilities that will extendservices to patients in rural areas, deliver higher-quality care to individuals with complex conditions, andreduce costs...more
Editor’s Note: In a new report, summarized below, the American Hospital Association (AHA) Center for Health Innovation examines telehealth’s role in the digital health revolution, the flexibility of delivery platforms and how...more
How patients experience healthcare is shifting. Care that used to take place only in brick-and-mortar settings can now occur digitally. Accordingly, hospitals and health systems are exploring a variety of virtual care models,...more
The clinical research landscape is changing rapidly. The future will be characterized by changes in trial and study design, continued shifts in the funding environment, and new types of data and data collection methods, among...more