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161. Transforming Care: The Impact of COVID-19 on Telehealth Adoption in U.S. Home Health Care Agencies - Resources
Date: Sep 2025

Surveys 474 home health agencies between November 2022 and March 2024 to identify telehealth use and the perceived impact of COVID-19 policies on telehealth adoption. Includes rural and urban comparisons of telehealth modalities utilized to discuss targeted policies to support rural adoption.

...telehealth use and the perceived impact of COVID-19 policies on telehealth adoption. Includes rural...

162. Taskforce on Telehealth Policy (TTP) Findings and Recommendations - Resources
Date: Sep 2020

Report from the Taskforce on Telehealth Policy (TTP) examining the rapid expansion of telehealth use during the COVID-19 pandemic and possible permanent shifts in telehealth policy. Offers findings and policy recommendations related to patient safety, program integrity, data flow and care coordination, quality measurement, cost of care, and overarching issues.

...Telehealth Policy (TTP) Findings and Recommendations --- Report from the Taskforce on Telehealth Policy (TTP) examining...

163. Telehealth: Use in Medicare and Medicaid - Resources
Date: Jul 2017

Discusses the extent to which telehealth is used by Medicare and Medicaid, the factors affecting the use of telehealth in Medicare, and how emerging payment and delivery models could affect future telehealth use. Includes rural-specific information throughout with particular attention paid to the role of rural healthcare facilities as originating sites.

...Telehealth: Use in Medicare and Medicaid --- Discusses the extent to which telehealth is used by Medicare...

164. How & What Will Medicare Pay for RHC Telehealth Visits - Resources
Date: Apr 2020

Recording of an April 20, 2020, webinar providing information about the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) authorizing Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) to provide telehealth services to Medicare beneficiaries during the COVID-19 public health emergency. Discusses payment procedures for telehealth visits, commonly used telehealth coding, and appropriate cost reporting. Part of the Rural Health Clinic Technical Assistance Series.

...telehealth visits, commonly used telehealth coding, and appropriate cost reporting. Part of the Rural Health...

165. Determinants of Telehealth Service Use among Mental Health Patients: A Case of Rural Louisiana - Resources
Date: Jun 2022

Examines the use of telehealth for mental health appointments in rural Louisiana. Analyzes 6 mental health outpatient clinics that completed 7,069 telehealth visits with 1,115 patients from April 2020 to March 2021. Discusses how demographic factors and severity of disease impact telehealth usage.

...Telehealth Service Use among Mental Health Patients: A Case of Rural Louisiana --- Examines the use of telehealth...

166. Infectious Diseases Society of America Position Statement on Telehealth and Telemedicine as Applied to the Practice of Infectious Diseases - Resources
Date: May 2019

Position statement to educate members of the Infectious Diseases Society of America on telehealth and to promote use of this technology in clinical care, research, and education. Explores the potential to increase access to subspecialist care in rural areas, and describes reimbursement policies of private insurers, Medicare, and Medicaid, for telehealth services provided to patients in rural areas. Also describes HIPAA requirements for telehealth interactions and protected health information.

...telehealth services provided to patients in rural areas. Also describes HIPAA requirements for telehealth interactions...

167. Implementation Considerations for Tribal Telehealth Programs - RHIhub Toolkit - Toolkits
Reviewed: Jun 8, 2023

Learn more about implementation considerations for rural telehealth programs that serve tribes.

...telehealth programs that serve tribes. --- Implementation Considerations for Tribal Telehealth Programs Many telehealth programs have...

168. Telehealth and Medicare: Payment Policy, Current Use, and Prospects for Growth - Resources
Date: 2013

Examines growth in Medicare paid telehealth services by analyzing claims data matched to patient zip codes and provider characteristics. Includes a map of Medicare beneficiaries using telehealth by county of residence and analysis on the types of telehealth services provided.

...telehealth by county of residence and analysis on the types of telehealth services provided. --- Telehealth...

169. Telehealth Decreases Rural Emergency Department Wait Times for Behavioral Health Patients in a Group of Critical Access Hospitals - Resources
Date: Dec 2019

Explores impacts of telehealth on behavioral health patients in rural emergency departments (EDs) at 4 Midwestern Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs). Compares wait time and length of stay (LOS) for 153 patients from 2005-2013 before telehealth implementation and 287 patents from 2015-2017 after telehealth implementation. Provides data on patient demographics, wait time, LOS, behavioral health diagnosis, and total costs of ED visit.

...telehealth implementation and 287 patents from 2015-2017 after telehealth implementation. Provides data on patient...

170. The Future of Telehealth Roundtable: The Potential Impact of Emerging Technologies on Health Equity - Resources
Date: May 2022

Presents insights and key ideas from a roundtable on the future of telehealth following the COVID-19 pandemic, covering barriers to telehealth delivery, opportunities for equitable care, and policy and regulatory issues impacting telehealth access. Includes rural mentions throughout.

...telehealth following the COVID-19 pandemic, covering barriers to telehealth delivery, opportunities for equitable care...