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- What is telehealth? - American Medical Association
Telehealth in practice In the March 18, 2021, edition of the “AMA COVID-19 Update,” physicians discussed “The Telehealth Initiative,” a collaboration between the AMA, The Physicians Foundation, and several state medical associations, which supports physician practices in adopting and adapting to telehealth
- How the AMA meets need for new telehealth CPT codes
The CPT telehealth codes are to describe synchronous, real-time, interactive encounters between physician and patient, and the audio-only visits are also required to include “medical discussion ” “They're not to be used for routine communications related to previous encounters,” Dr Hollmann explained
- How telehealth can save money, improve outcomes and advance equity
Supporting telehealth is an essential component of the AMA Recovery Plan for America’s Physicians Telehealth is critical to the future of health care , which is why the AMA continues to lead the charge to aggressively expand telehealth policy, research and resources to ensure physician practice sustainability and fair payment
- Bill to extend telehealth flexibilities clears House committee
Bipartisan legislation that would extend existing telehealth flexibilities for two years beyond their current end-of-2024 expiration date saw its first substantive step toward becoming law when the House Ways and Means Committee in May unanimously passed the Preserving Telehealth, Hospital and Ambulance Access Act (H R 8261)
- 7 ways telehealth is reshaping medicine for the better
Supporting telehealth is an essential component of the AMA Recovery Plan for America’s Physicians Telehealth is critical to the future of health care, which is why the AMA continues to lead the charge to aggressively expand telehealth policy, research and resources to ensure physician practice sustainability and fair payment
- Telehealth: How to bring warmth to your virtual care visits
The webinar is part of the Telehealth Immersion Program designed to help physicians, practices and health systems implement, optimize, sustain and scale their telehealth efforts That program is part of the AMA STEPS Forward™ Innovation Academy that lets physicians learn from peers and experts and discover ways to implement time-saving
- Telehealth services covered by Medicare and included in CPT code set
can be used to report telehealth services through Medicare and or private payors Each year, CMS publishes a comprehensive list of telehealth services which are covered under the Medicare program Effective March 1, 2020, CMS published additional services that will be covered as telehealth for the duration of the Public
- Telehealth a lifeline for patients with substance-use disorders
Telehealth has offered a safe, viable option to patients with substance-use disorder (SUD) during the COVID-19 pandemic and, in some ways, has potentially made care more accessible Phone or video calls can help reduce the stigma wrongly linked with obtaining effective SUD treatment, and the convenience of online formats can make care more
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