Updated CMS telehealth toolkit offers tips to states for improving access
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Aaron Dorman
Feb 27, 2024
CMS has released a new report on telehealth intended to give states guidance on how to assist access for those on Medicaid programs.
Healthcare orgs urge federal intervention in the wake of cyberattack
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Aaron Dorman
Mar 04, 2024
Health orgs have asked the HHS office to address the recent cyberattack on Change Healthcare, which has caused problems for long-term care providers.
FDA clears non-invasive ventilation device that accesses mouth without mask removal
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Aaron Dorman
Jul 24, 2023
An NIV device that allows for access to the patient’s mouth and communication was approved for clearance by the FDA.
Follow-up telehealth visits rare, new study shows, as Congress follows up on telehealth expansion in...
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Aaron Dorman
Jul 11, 2023
Patients are less likely to schedule a follow-up to a telehealth visit than in-person, a newly updated study shows.
AMDA leadership weighs in on DEA’s telehealth medicine rules debate
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Jessica R. Towhey
Aaron Dorman
Aug 10, 2023
The DEA may re-evaluate its rules on prescribing controlled substances via telehealth appointments, following a deluge of 38,000 public comments on the initial rulemaking.
New partnership expands telehealth for LTC-ACO patients
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Aaron Dorman
Jun 27, 2023
Benefits provider LTC ACO announced a “deepening collaboration” with Third Eye Health to provide virtual urgent care to patients, the two companies announced Monday.
Senators reintroduce telehealth bill to give seniors more access to mental health services
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Aaron Dorman
Feb 01, 2024
A bipartisan group of senators have reintroduced a bill to remove current restrictions on telehealth mental health services for seniors.
60 Senators support bipartisan telehealth access bill
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Aaron Dorman
Jun 23, 2023
Sixty Senators, including six bipartisan sponsors, reintroduced the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies Act (CONNECT) for Health Act of 2023.
AI’s latest benefits extend from a wheelchair to cardiac care, health experts tout
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Aaron Dorman
Feb 28, 2024
AI is now able to diagnose a specific kind of heart failure, HFpEF, and can improve wheelchair mobility, according to a new report.
Despite their heavy social media use, seniors increasingly wary of scams, misinformation
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Aaron Dorman
Sep 05, 2023
At least some of seniors’ heavy social media use is for seeking out health-related content online, according to a new study on seniors’ internet habits.