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UVA Health launches new telehealth program for older adults

June 1, 2023June 1, 2023 Eileen Cook 0 Comments Center for Excellence for Telehealth and Aging, Older Adults, Telehealth, UVA

(By Noah Schwartz for Becker’s Hospital Review) Charlottesville, Va.-based UVA Health is launching the Center for Excellence for Telehealth and

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CMS Health Insurance Medical Technology Medicare - General Telehealth 

Medicare payers vow to keep covering remote patient monitoring

May 24, 2023May 24, 2023 Eileen Cook 0 Comments CMS, medicare, Private Insurance, Remote Patient Monitoring, Telehealth

(By Giles Bruce for Becker’s Hospital Review) Private insurance companies that contract for Medicare will continue to pay for remote

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HHS Medicare - General Telehealth 

Medicare telehealth flexibilities to remain in place until 2024

May 11, 2023May 11, 2023 Eileen Cook 0 Comments COVID-19, HHS, medicare, Telehealth

(By Naomi Diaz for Becker’s Hospital Review) The COVID-19 public health emergency is set to expire on May 11, but

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Medicare improperly paid for $580M in psychotherapy services, OIG audit finds

May 8, 2023May 8, 2023 Eileen Cook 0 Comments CMS, COVID-19, DHS -Office of Inspector General, Improper Payments, medicare, Telehealth

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Medicare improperly paid for over half a billion dollars in psychotherapy services, including

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Telehealth Veterans Benefits 

VA Telehealth Services celebrates 20 years

May 2, 2023May 2, 2023 Eileen Cook 0 Comments Telehealth, Veterans, Veterans Health care

(Source – news.va.gov) This May will mark 20 years since the launch of the VA Telehealth Services program office. That’s

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Homelessness Legislative Update Rural Health Telehealth Veterans Benefits 

Provisions of the comprehensive Cleland-Dole Act

April 27, 2023April 27, 2023 Eileen Cook 0 Comments Cleland-Dole Act, Telehealth, Veteran homelessness, Veterans, Veterans Health care, Veterans Rural Healthcare

(Source – news.va.gov) The Joseph Maxwell Cleland and Robert Joseph Dole Memorial Veterans Benefits and Health Care Improvement Act of

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End of Life Hospice/Home Health Services Telehealth 

Dying patients protest looming telehealth crackdown

April 24, 2023April 24, 2023 Eileen Cook 0 Comments End of Life, Hospice, Telehealth

(By JoNel Aleccia — Associated Press published by STAT on April 23, 2023) At age 93, struggling with the effects

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Health Care Finance Hospice/Home Health Services Medicare - General Telehealth 

Why Medicare advisory group is going after telehealth, at-home care

April 6, 2023April 6, 2023 Eileen Cook 0 Comments Home Care, medicare, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, Telehealth

(By Giles Bruce for Becker’s Hospital Review) Medicare is paying too much for telehealth and at-home care, the executive director of

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Health Care Finance Price Transparency Telehealth 

States Step In as Telehealth and Clinic Patients Get Blindsided by Hospital Fees

April 3, 2023April 3, 2023 Eileen Cook 0 Comments Healthcare Costs, Hospital Price Transparency, Price Transparency, Telehealth

(By Markian Hawryluk for Kaiser Health News) When Brittany Tesso’s then-3-year-old son, Roman, needed an evaluation for speech therapy in

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Mental Health/Behavioral Health Nursing Homes Telehealth 

Mental Health Care by Video Fills Gaps in Rural Nursing Homes

March 21, 2023March 21, 2023 Eileen Cook 0 Comments Mental Health, Nursing Homes, Older Adults, Rural Health, Telehealth

(By Tony Leys for Kaiser Health News) KNOXVILLE, Iowa ― Bette Helm was glad to have someone to talk with

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