{"id":20829,"date":"2023-01-31T08:25:15","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T13:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=20829"},"modified":"2023-01-31T08:25:16","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T13:25:16","slug":"its-telehealth-vs-no-care-doctors-say-congress-risks-leaving-patients-vulnerable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=20829","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s \u2018Telehealth vs. No Care\u2019: Doctors Say Congress Risks Leaving Patients Vulnerable"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

(By Sarah Jane Tribble for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the covid-19 pandemic hit, Dr. Corey Siegel was more prepared than most of his peers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Half of Siegel\u2019s patients \u2014 many with private insurance and Medicaid \u2014 were already using telehealth, logging onto appointments through phones or computers. \u201cYou get to meet their family members; you get to meet their pets,\u201d Siegel said. \u201cYou see more into their lives than you do when they come to you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Siegel\u2019s Medicare patients weren\u2019t covered for telehealth visits until the pandemic drove Congress and regulators to temporarily pay for remote medical treatment just as they would in-person care. Continue reading here…<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kaiser Health News is a nonprofit national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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