Message-based telehealth an increasingly important part of seniors’ healthcare, study finds
By
Aaron Dorman
Apr 11, 2024
Messages between patients and clinicians should be covered by Medicare as part of telehealth services for seniors, a new study suggests.
AMDA leadership weighs in on DEA’s telehealth medicine rules debate
By
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.
Home care providers virtually hit Capitol Hill to push telehealth, Medicaid increase, higher wages
By
Diane Eastabrook
Apr 23, 2021
Wednesday was a day for the record books at LeadingAge. In a virtual march on Washington, 440 association members, representing 5,000 nonprofit aging service providers, swarmed Capitol Hill to lobby for...
Amazon Care reportedly to launch telehealth offering in all 50 states
By
Joe Jancsurak
Mar 18, 2021
Amazon’s app-based healthcare service for employees, Amazon Care, soon will launch throughout the country, according to a Healthcare IT News report.
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.
Infrastructure, data analytics popular tech investments among long-term care providers
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 26, 2024
Infrastructure for internet connectivity was the most common technology investment made over the past year by long-term care operators responding to a new survey, and data analytics tools were the most...
Business briefs, May 21
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 21, 2024
New bill would extend telehealth services for seniors … Long-term care leaders return to basics, employ innovation to grow direct care staff … Nursing home residents sue state over conditions, lack...
Business briefs, May 9
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 09, 2024
Occupancy, senmargin recovery focus for 2024: Brookdale CEO … Bills to add CNA training flexibility, extend telehealth access advance for House vote … DHC, AlerisLife manager RMR Group reports latest...
Caregivers, seniors with Alzheimer’s to benefit from ‘Rippl’ effect, access to 24/7 helpline
By
Aaron Dorman
Apr 09, 2024
A new dementia care platform will get telehealth to more seniors, and their caregivers, including access to a 24/7 helpline.
Pennsylvania simplifies requirements for providers to use out-of-state nurses
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 24, 2024
The process for nursing homes, assisted living communities and other employers who want to use nurses from other states has been simplified in Pennsylvania.