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Telehealth Crossing Its Last Frontier in Texas

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May 18th, 2017
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After years of litigation, telehealth may soon be fully implemented in Texas. Legislation moving through the statehouse in Austin will legalize the “modern form” of telehealth. Texas is the last state to legalize the computerized service available in the rest of the country. If this bill is signed into law, patients will be able to ...
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Telehealth Modifiers GT and GQ

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May 8th, 2017
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Modifiers GT Via interactive audio and video telecommunications systems and GQ Via an asynchronous telecommunications system apply only when reporting telehealth services. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) rules stipulate that as a condition of payment for telehealth services, providers “…must use an interactive audio and video telecommunications system that permits real-time commu...
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For Kaiser, Telehealth is Big

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Apr 25th, 2017
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More than half of the patient encounters at Kaiser Permanente, the west-coast based healthcare system, are online, according to their CEO, Bernard Tyson. Speaking at at Nashville meeting reported by Health Dive, Tyson told the group that 52 percent of the more than 100 million patient encounters at Kaiser take place remotely. The visits, which deal ...
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5 Tips for Telehealth Reimbursement

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Apr 24th, 2017
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Telehealth is growing in popularity and scope. Most local markets have facilities or patient groups seeing patients via the internet. But there are so many facets to telehealth and reimbursement is relatively recent. How do you make sure the online service provided is reimbursable? Here are 5 tips that will help you be reimbursed: Be ...
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Mayo Study Uses Telemedicine to Treat Sport Concussions in Real Time

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Apr 21st, 2017
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Sports-related concussions are prevalent on the collegiate level, and many times there isn’t sufficient medical personnel, such as concussion specialists, on the sidelines to handle these type of brain injuries. Enter Telemedicine Doctors at the Mayo Clinic joined up with the Northern Arizona University football team to conduct a study funded by the Mayo Clinic. The study had concussion specialists...
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