By Marc P. DiFazio MD – Clinician to Patient communication is critically important to facilitate the best of medical outcomes. Communication starts at the bedside or in the clinic but must continue beyond these venues to ensure safe transitions, medication compliance and to provide feedback and guidance during medical management.

By Yuriy Pylypchuk & Wes Barker – In 2020, as the U.S. health care system faced the unprecedented challenge of combating the COVID-19 pandemic, telemedicine emerged as an invaluable care delivery tool; both providers and patients heavily relied on it for providing and receiving care.

By Bronwyn Spira – With its introduction of five new CPT codes for Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM) in 2022, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services made remote care reimbursable, opening the door to broader use and acceptance of at-home care.

By Art Gross – The OCR within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is responsible for enforcing compliance with HIPAA. As part of its mandate, the OCR annually releases a report on data breaches in the healthcare industry. The most recent report, which covers the year 2021, was recently released.