Telehealth has experienced widespread adoption and growth in recent years due to several factors, such as accessibility and convenience, expanded healthcare reach, continuity of care, improved healthcare efficiency, remote monitoring and chronic disease management,...
The utilization of telehealth experienced an unprecedented surge amid the COVID-19 pandemic, supported by policymakers' proactive measures to facilitate its adoption through the relaxation of regulations and constraints. On May 11, 2023, the Public Health Emergency...
Many physical therapy centers began providing telehealth at the start of the COVID- 19 public health emergency (PHE). In 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) CMS added 11 new services to the list of telehealth services covered by Medicare...
During the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued …
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To facilitate care provided to Medicare beneficiaries in the era of physical distancing, CMS expanded telehealth benefits on a temporary and urgent basis under the 1135 waiver authority and Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act....
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The recent introduction of rare bipartisan legislation to expand Medicare's telehealth services is being hailed as a development that could potentially reduce costs and improve patient health. With an estimated 17.6 million beneficiaries in 2016, physicians and...