Website Search Results for: telehealth
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Date: Aug 2016
Policy brief discussing federal and state activities related to telehealth, as well as Medicaid and private insurer reimbursement for telehealth services. Identifies the arguments in favor of and against paying for telehealth at parity with in-person care. Discusses the role telehealth can play in rural access to healthcare.
...Telehealth Parity Laws --- Policy brief discussing federal and state activities related to telehealth, as well...
Date: Jun 2022
Study examining the experiences of substance use disorder (SUD) and mental health treatment service providers with telehealth based on surveys of 391 individuals on behalf of their organizations. Describes COVID-related experiences with telehealth, general telehealth experiences, and recommendations for continued telehealth delivery, including rural-specific insights and concerns.
...telehealth, general telehealth experiences, and recommendations for continued telehealth delivery, including rural-specific insights and concerns...
Date: Jan 2021
Examines the use of telehealth among nonelderly adults during the first 6 months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Explores overall telehealth utilization, patient satisfaction, wanting telehealth services but not receiving them, the share of patients who went without care, and reasons for not using telehealth. Includes data on sociodemographic factors, health status, and number of chronic conditions.
...telehealth utilization, patient satisfaction, wanting telehealth services but not receiving them, the share of patients...
Date: Apr 2024
Describes how the Coast Guard uses telehealth to provide medical care to its active duty personnel. Discusses the development of the Coast Guard's telehealth program, services offered, the extent to which video telehealth services are used, and benefits and challenges the Coast Guard experiences related to telehealth.
...Telehealth Usage --- Describes how the Coast Guard uses telehealth to provide medical care to its active...
Reviewed: Jun 8, 2023
A step-by-step guide for identifying and implementing rural community telehealth programs. Includes evidence-based examples, promising models, program best practices, and resources you can adapt to fit your program's needs.
...Telehealth Toolkit - RHIhub --- A step-by-step guide for identifying and implementing rural community telehealth...
Date: Sep 2023
Describes the evolution of North Carolina's Medicaid telehealth coverage and reimbursement policies in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Discusses the impact of these policies on access to care. Compares data on telehealth claims by volume and as a percentage of total claims by race and rural-urban residence between March 2020 and December 2022.
...Telehealth Policy Change on Equitable Access to Telehealth Services in North Carolina --- Describes the evolution...
Date: Apr 2020
Discusses the benefits of utilizing telehealth services to expand access to Medicaid services in rural areas and the flexibility states have in covering these services. Provides guidance on options states have to receive federal reimbursement for substance use disorder treatments provided via telehealth services.
...Telehealth --- Discusses the benefits of utilizing telehealth services to expand access to Medicaid services in rural...
Date: Mar 2020
Explores how hospitals can use telehealth services to improve patient outcomes and reduce costs. Discusses approaches to deliver telehealth services and provides guidelines to consider when developing a telehealth strategy. Provides examples of how rural hospitals are using telehealth services to meet community needs.
...Telehealth Strategy --- Explores how hospitals can use telehealth services to improve patient outcomes and reduce...
Date: Sep 2022
Analyzes 2019 and 2020 Medicare claims data to explore the utilization of telehealth services before and after the implementation of regulatory flexibilities and waivers in March 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Describes efforts taken by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to identify and monitor risks posed by Medicare telehealth waivers, as well as a change made to the enforcement of regulations governing patients' protected health information during the COVID-19 public health emergency. Offers three recommendations to CMS to strengthen oversight and assess the quality of telehealth services and one recommendation regarding assistance to providers to explain the privacy and security risks of telehealth to patients.
...telehealth to patients. --- Medicare Telehealth: Actions Needed to Strengthen Oversight and Help Providers Educate Patients...
Date: Nov 2023
Recording of a November 14, 2023, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance Subcommittee on Health Care hearing on the role of telehealth in improving access to care and the potential to make COVID-19 Medicare flexibilities permanent. Features testimony from Nicki Perisho, Principal Investigator and Program Director for the Northwest Regional Telehealth Resource Center, and Eric Wallace, Medical Director for the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Health System Telehealth Program.
...Telehealth Program. --- Ensuring Medicare Beneficiary Access: A Path to Telehealth Permanency Link View Resource Additional...