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Roughly three-quarters of the nation’s large businesses expanded their telehealth programs for employees during the pandemic, and many may use those channels in the future to address social determinants of health and improve access to mental health services. That’s the take-away from the 2022 Large Employers’ Health Care Strategy and Plan more»

Like many specialty healthcare providers, speech and language pathologists have leveraged telehealth during the pandemic to treat their patients. But a new study from the Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research finds that the poor quality of many video conferencing platforms may be hindering that treatment. Telehealth has increased access to more»

TERRE HAUTE - Terre Haute-based Upper Midwest Telehealth Resource Center has been awarded nearly $1 million from the Health Resources and Services Administration. The funding is part of a major three-year federal grant to expand telehealth services. “The need for and expansion of telehealth literally exploded during the 2020 lockdown and COVID-19 more»

The federal government is making up to $500 million in grants available for telehealth, mobile integrated health and other programs that help rural communities access healthcare, nutrition assistance and COVID-19 vaccines. The money will be distributed through the US Food and Agriculture Department as Emergency Rural Health Care Grants, as either Impact more»

The federal government is investing more than $19 million in key telehealth initiatives, including the National Consortium of Telehealth Resource Centers (TRCs) and Telehealth Centers of Excellence (COE) program. Some 36 awards are being distributed by the Health and Human Services Department through the Health Resources and Services Administration’s more»

A pair of Congressmen are once again floating a bill that would mandate payment parity for telehealth services and require payers to cover the same telehealth services that Medicare covers. The Telehealth Coverage and Payment Parity Act (HR 4480), introduced last month by US Reps. Dean Phillips (D-MN) and Steve Chabot (R-OH), is making its second run more»

The American Board of Telehealth announced this week that it is launching a Teleprimary Care Certificate program, geared toward helping primary care providers develop future virtual health strategies. The online program will cover a range of topics and best practices, including workflow, regulatory considerations and health equity. "Teleprimary care is more»

Home healthcare providers are divided over a bill introduced this week in the Senate that would expand Medicare coverage for seniors choosing home-based services, including telehealth and remote patient monitoring programs, after a hospitalization. The Choose Home Care Act of 2021, introduced by Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and Todd Young (R-IN), aims more»