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Post-Public Health Emergency: Don’t Forget the Importance of Telehealth
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The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) moved us to provide and receive telehealth services. As the PHE comes to an end, many of us are reluctant to give up the flexibilities and access telehealth providers to achieve and maintain health. This week, Principal Tina Simpson reminds us about our pre-COVID telehealth experience and advocates for continued (and maybe increased?) access through telehealth.
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Telehealth Series #4: Temporary Flexibilities in Telehealth Regulation: A Green Light to Adoption
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In healthcare, there are (almost always) going to be more questions than answers. Every so often there is an issue where the solution is transparent and compelling. However, telehealth is an example that falls into the more questions than answers category.
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Telehealth Series #3: A Totally Unbiased and Impartial Assessment of Barriers to Telehealth Adoption in the United States
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We present this article to advise patients, providers, payers, and other stakeholders on the barriers to telehealth adoption and to inform a contextual understanding of the issues that can be leveraged to advocate for change with the respective federal and state authorities.
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Telehealth Series #2: Advance Guidance on Connected Care Pilot Application Released
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The Pandemic and the need for social distancing has engendered a rapid and exponential uptick in the use of telehealth services. The Connected Care Pilot Program has thus taken on increased importance as a resource available to providers responding to the acute and chronic challenges of our fragmented health care system. Here are our thoughts.
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Telehealth Series #1: A Primer on Telehealth Terminology from Your Resident Xennial
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Today, I’m beginning with common definitions for all the terms you are hearing used out there. And later on, we can dive into some of the other interesting and innovating happenings in telehealth, like how government agencies and payers are further refining definitions to regulate what is reimbursable as a telehealth visit or service.
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FCC Seeks Comment on $100M Connected Care Pilot Program Approved in Support of Expanding Telehealth Adoption
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This article summarizes some of the key programmatic elements that health care providers, associations, and other stakeholders are being asked to provide comment on by the FCC.