The recently passed federal funding for infrastructure improvements signals a boon for healthcare providers and will expand access to care via telehealth. Once an ancillary functionality, telehealth is now a critical component for delivering patient care and the bill’s funding will expand the reach of high-speed internet, improving access for patients at a time when more rely on internet connectivity for their healthcare than ever before.
However, as a board-certified physician in
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Clear Arch Health Acquires Life Care Solutions to Expand RPM Marketshare
What You Should Know:
- Clear Arch Health, a division of MobileHelp and a leading provider of remote patient monitoring (RPM) and mobile personal emergency response system (mPERS) solutions, today announced the company acquired Life Care Solutions (LCS), a division of Resideo.
- Life Care Solutions has been a global leader in the remote patient monitoring industry for two decades, with a complete RPM solution to help streamline care coordination and improve outcomes.
Life Care Solutions
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Understanding an Individual’s Uniquely Personal Health Beliefs & Behaviors to Drive Better Outcomes
When it comes to health and wellness, everyone has an approach as unique as they are. What’s more, is that an individual’s approach to their health can – and most likely will – evolve over the course of their lifetime.
A decade ago, people weren’t dabbling in CBD to ease their stress, having Zoom calls with their doctors or riding a cycle with thousands of other people from the comfort of their living room. People’s health behaviors, including diet, exercise, and wellness visits, continue to
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Unique Factors to Consider When Selecting Enterprise Data Platforms for Virtual Healthcare Apps
Developing virtual healthcare solutions is a daunting task. As a healthcare technology solution provider targeting the remote care market, you’re required to have both the clinical and the technological expertise needed to design, build and integrate a complete solution that can address the challenges with virtual patient care and monitoring.
Today’s digital healthcare solution for remote care is powered by software and data. Or more specifically, the reliable acquisition and management
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FCC Awards Additional $42.7M in Round 2 of COVID-19 Telehealth Program
What You Should Know:
- The Federal Communications Commission today approved an additional 68 applications for funding commitments totaling $42,702,383 for Round 2 of its COVID-19 Telehealth Program.
- This is the FCC’s fifth funding announcement of approved Round 2 applications, bringing the total to over $208M awarded to health care providers in each state, territory, and the District of Columbia.
On November 9, the FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau issued a Public Notice
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Telehealth vs. Remote Patient Monitoring: Which Is Better for Your Patients?
Are Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) and telehealth the same thing? If virtual visits replace in-person visits, will that negatively impact my practice? Will I lose reimbursement and the in-person connection with patients? These are questions and concerns that we frequently hear as practices consider if a Remote Patient Monitoring program is right for their patients.
What is Telehealth?
Let’s start with definitions. RPM and telehealth are not the same thing. Telehealth is a very broad,
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Equality Health Announces New Investment from Governor Jeb Bush-Led Firm
What You Should Know:
Equality Health receives an infusion of capital from Governor Jeb Bush-led firm to accelerate its national expansion of the company’s value-based primary care platform.
Equality Health, a Phoenix, AZ-based value-based care organization uniquely equipped to address the needs of diverse and historically underserved populations, today announced an equity investment from Finback Investment Partners.
Finback’s leadership team consists of Co-Founders and Managing
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Teladoc Health Expands Partnership with NLA to Offer Whole-Person Care
What You Should Know:
- Teladoc Health, announced an expanded partnership with the National Labor Alliance, the largest alliance of labor unions and labor-management coalitions, to offer our full suite of whole-person care services.
- Teladoc’s programs, including the virtual mental health and primary care services launched earlier this year, will now be available as part of the exclusive endorsement to the NLA’s Coalitions, their member Funds and their six million
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Fraud Schemes in a Telehealth Era: What Healthcare Payers Should Know
What You Should Know:
- Report from Codoxo that finds 10-15% of telehealth claims fall outside of approved CMS codes and indicates a high potential for rapidly increasing fraud schemes (and provider coding errors) in a new telehealth era.
Codoxo, a provider of healthcare artificial intelligence solutions for healthcare payers and agencies, today released a new study revealing that among the 41% of provider specialties showing statistically significant increases for telehealth adoption,
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M&A: Quartet Health Acquires InnovaTel Telepsychiatry
What You Should Know:
- Quartet acquires InnovaTel Telepsychiatry, a provider of virtual mental healthcare services with a differentiated expertise in treating complex conditions.
- The partnership lays the foundation for a comprehensive, nationwide solution to help all people — including those with complex needs — and focuses on speed to high-quality mental health care.
Quartet Health, a tech-enabled mental health care company that works with health plans, systems, and provider
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