Stopping Referral Leakage with Telemedicine
By Joel Barthelemy – Sooner or later, ROI comes up in every telemedicine conversation. Some providers have begun to realize that virtual health can drive revenue and reimbursement.
Read MoreTelemedicine
New Generations, Digital Expectations
By Joel Barthelemy – Malcolm X said, “Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.” It’s sage advice that many clinicians might agree with. After all, a patient’s behaviors and choices today influence their well-being in the future.
10 Ways Telemedicine Supports Behavioral Health
By Joel Barthelemy – Nearly one in five U.S. adults live with a mental illness – but only 42 percent of them receive behavioral health services. Cost, social stigma, inability to access care and other factors can all play a role in the ongoing crisis that is untreated mental illness.
Solving Provider Burnout with Virtual Healthcare
By Joel Barthelemy – Today’s healthcare challenges are often framed in terms of patient struggles. From high deductible plans to provider shortages, many patients are frustrated by our current healthcare system.
6 Current and Future Telemedicine Trends
By Kayla Matthews – Telemedicine — providing clinical healthcare remotely — was born out of modern technologies and a growing reliance on the internet. As you well know, many devices are now Internet-enabled, falling into the realm of IoT or the greater Internet of Things.
Using Telemedicine to Combat the Opioid Epidemic
By ADM Brett P Giroir MD – Combatting the opioid crisis is a top priority for the Trump Administration and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. We are making progress.
CMS Announces Agency’s First Rural Health Strategy
CMS released the agency’s first Rural Health Strategy intended to provide a proactive approach on healthcare issues to ensure that the nearly one in five individuals who live in rural America have access to high quality, affordable healthcare.
Telemedicine News & Updates 5-9-2018
The latest in telehealth and telemedicine news from First Stop Health, Dictum Health, eMD Telehealth Solutions, MDLIVE, Avera eCARE, DotCom Therapy and AiR Healthcare.
OIG Report: CMS Paid Practitioners for Telehealth Services That Did Not Meet Medicare Requirements
By Nathaniel M. Lacktman – The Office of Inspector General at the Department of HHS just published a new report on OIG’s review of Medicare payments for telehealth services. The objective of the OIG review was to determine whether or not CMS paid practitioners for telehealth services that met Medicare requirements.