Telehealth projects to receive $72 million in grants
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Joe Jancsurak
Oct 13, 2020
The United States Department of Agriculture’s latest round of Distance Learning and Telemedicine grants, totaling $72 million, will go to 116 programs in 40 states, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands....
AMA coalition to help doctors use telehealth for mental health services
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Joe Jancsurak
Oct 15, 2020
The American Medical Association has launched its Behavioral Health Integration collaborative for using telehealth to integrate mental and behavioral health services into primary care.
Home Care briefs for Friday, March 26
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Joe Jancsurak
Mar 26, 2021
Home care workers in 16 cities Thursday demand Biden invest $450B in caregiving … Novus Hospice CEO pleads guilty to healthcare fraud … University of Cincinnati researchers invent telehealth...
Home care briefs for Wednesday, Nov. 11
Nov 11, 2020
LHC Group announces agreement to purchase hospice and palliative care providers in Arizona … FirstHealth Home Care earns ACHC accreditation for telehealth program … ComForCare employee recognized as...
Home care briefs for Tuesday, Oct. 20
Oct 20, 2020
Always Compassionate Home Care launches in-home flu-vaccine service with plans to add COVID-19 and rapid flu testing … CVS announces plans to hire 15,000 full-time and part-time workers … Coalition...
2-pronged approach could extend Medicaid telephonic or audio-only coverage after pandemic: expert
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Joe Jancsurak
Oct 22, 2020
States could take a two-pronged approach to extend Medicaid telephonic or audio-only coverage beyond the pandemic, according to Jacqueline Marks, a manager with the Manatt Health division of the Manatt,...
Atrium Health launches virtual home care, among other telehealth offerings
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Joe Jancsurak
Mar 30, 2021
Atrium Health, a major Charlotte, NC-based health system, announced on Monday that it now offers a complete array of virtual care capabilities, from primary care and specialty care to hospital care and...
Bill supports end-of-life options
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Joe Jancsurak
Dec 04, 2020
Legislation introduced Wednesday would provide federal support for public awareness campaigns, the development of core end-of-life quality measures and the expansion of access to advance care planning...
COVID-19 should bring change to healthcare for Medicare beneficiaries: report
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Joe Jancsurak
Oct 26, 2020
In a new set of recommendations published Friday by the Commonwealth Fund, a private healthcare-focused foundation, researchers at Oregon Health & Science University and Duke University argue for three...
Digital delivery becoming new norm for home health agencies: survey
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Joe Jancsurak
Nov 16, 2020
More than half of the home health agency respondents to a recent survey said the biggest pandemic-related change to their business models has been converting to digital delivery of services, and that this...