Tag: telemedicine
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Physicians Perspective: Dr. Chris Adams Talks Telemedicine
Adversity and necessity mandate invention. During the COVID-19 pandemic, telemedicine has been transformed almost overnight into a necessary medical tool for remaining connected to our patients. Without warning, physicians suddenly found themselves in the position of adding communication technologies, learning regulatory requirements, and adapting to an entirely new way of interacting with patients, sometimes reinventing…
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What Does 2019 Hold for Telehealth and Related Services?
Historically, payment for Medicare “telehealth services” has been constrained by a number of geographic and other limitations, but there are several new reimbursement opportunities for physicians and other health care practitioners beginning this year. Here we explore the expansion of traditional Medicare “telehealth services” under the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (“BBA 2018”)1 and the…