DEA Telemedicine Session Day 1
On September 12 and 13, 2023, DEA hosted public listening sessions to receive comments from healthcare practitioners, experts, advocates, patients, and other members of the public to inform DEA’s…
Payment Integrity: Avoid Claim Issues
What Payment Integrity Means for Providers, How to Avoid Claim Issues Payment integrity ensures accurate and timely reimbursement, but it takes robust documentation and coding practices, claims data analysis,…
CONNECT for Health Act Reintroduced
The CONNECT for Health Act is reintroduced, again By Andrea Fox June 20, 2023 A bipartisan group of legislators has reintroduced the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care…
DEA News Release 5/9/2023
Temporary Extension of COVID-19 Telemedicine Flexibilities for Prescription of Controlled Medications
DEA to Extend Telemedicine Flexibilites
Statement from the DEA Administrator Anne Milgram on COVID-19 Telemedicine Flexibilities for Prescription of Controlled Medications May 03, 2023 DEA Administrator The Drug Enforcement Administration received a record 38,000 comments…
KP to Acquire Geisinger
Kaiser Permanente’s acquisition of Geisinger could reveal ‘art of the possible’ May 1, 2023 Ron Southwick With Kaiser Permanente announcing its plans to acquire Geisinger Health, health industry leaders say…
Telehealth Performance Measures
New Report Details Recommendations for Telehealth Performance Measures A new American College of Physicians report provides information on the future of telehealth use and suggestions for telehealth quality performance measurement.…
DHA: Virtual-First Health Ecosystem
DHA is developing a virtual-first health ecosystem The Defense Health Agency is launching a data-centric path to making military medicine “more precise, personal, predictive, preventive and participatory,” said its new…
Telehealth Use Increased by 7.3% in Jan.
Telehealth Use Increased by 7.3% Nationally in January Data from FAIR Health indicates that national telehealth use rose in January, occupying a larger share of medical claim lines compared to…
Boosting Pediatric Mental Healthcare
Boosting Pediatric Mental Healthcare Through School-Based Telehealth Atrium Health is leveraging school-based telehealth services to extend access to pediatric behavioral healthcare and reduce the time it takes for children to…