Move to healthcare at home helps to empower patients, former CMS administrator says
By
Diane Eastabrook
Mar 24, 2021
Moving healthcare into the home is helping shift the balance of power from healthcare systems to patients, former Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Donald Berwick, M.D., said Monday....
Senators urge expansion of HCBS, telehealth
By
Diane Eastabrook
Mar 19, 2021
Lawmakers and public policy experts are calling on Congress to expand home- and community-based services (HCBS) and telehealth as the U.S. emerges from the deadly COVID-19 pandemic.
Telehealth: The new frontier
By
Liza Berger
Mar 19, 2021
Crises have the unique power to both unearth long-simmering problems and unmask raw potential. I think it’s fair to say that the COVID-19 pandemic (an indisputable crisis) has managed to do both.
Study warns against eliminating audio-only telehealth coverage
By
Joe Jancsurak
Feb 05, 2021
In the pre-pandemic days, the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services’ telehealth reimbursement policy required the use of audio and video. A return to such a policy could hurt a significant number...
Next Online Forum shares how to adapt telehealth, pest control during pandemic
Sep 01, 2020
The effects of pandemic telehealth and pest control in senior living and skilled nursing will be the focus of the McKnight’s Online Forum, COVID-19 Update VII, on Thursday, Sept. 10. Attendees can...
Older adults ‘satisfied’ with telehealth visits, but trust in doctor, care are issues: survey
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 27, 2020
In a new survey on perceptions of virtual doctor appointments, older adults were least likely to cancel doctor appointments and were more satisfied with the experience of virtual visits as compared with...
Telehealth use low, but user satisfaction impressive, J.D. Power says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 29, 2019
Consumer use of telehealth remains low, but for those who have used it, satisfaction with the experience ranks among the highest of any consumer category studied by J.D. Power, the insights and data company...
How telehealth has improved employee satisfaction and the bottom line at Capital Senior Living
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 03, 2019
Capital Senior Living has seen a 400% increase in employee use of the telehealth benefit available through the company health plan.
Green House Project dementia care pilot will use virtual reality, telehealth
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 28, 2019
Eleven senior living operators will participate in a pilot project to test a new dementia education initiative by The Green House Project.
Telemedicine decreases ED use by senior living residents with dementia: study
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 07, 2019
Use of telemedicine can decrease emergency department use by independent living and assisted living residents for their acute illnesses, according to a study newly published in the Journal of Post-Acute...