Telemedicine

Your weekly dose of wisdom from the Physicians Practice experts.

During and after the COVID-19 public health emergency, expect vigilance by federal regulators.

Virtual care can help connect everyone in the country to top-quality doctors

Use data to track how patients want to interact and how insurers will cover costs as 'hybrid' becomes the new normal.

Many hospitals and organizations are working to connect clinicians via virtual collaboration.

For the first time, clinicians have been able to get a “behind the scenes look” into their patient’s environment during telehealth visits.

Any billing changes won't come for a while.

The greatest challenge moving forward will be how to maximize remote medical capabilities.

HHS-OIG shares findings from its review of potential fraud, waste, and abuse in Medicare billing for telehealth visits in the first year of the pandemic.

The top three types of care that were sought across state lines were primary care, mental health, and cancer.

Telehealth will not disappear from the health care landscape.

Turns out that getting good, essential health care in the U.S. depends on income, more so than in any other wealthy country.

Your success or lack thereof will rest upon patient loyalty.

It’s clear that telehealth is here to stay.

Since Covid-19 began, telehealth usage has exploded, with approximately 80% of doctors now using the service.

Many schemes involve allegations of orders or prescriptions for medically unnecessary DME, genetic testing, wound care, or prescriptions for medication, each resulting in reimbursement from a Federal health care program.

With the public health emergency possibly coming to an end, the government is looking to continue telemedicine expansions.

While most insurance plans now accommodate telehealth, you should still know how to bill it properly to avoid unpaid claims.

Some telehealth provisions introduced to combat the COVID-19 pandemic have been continued until at least the end of 2023.

Finding the right location can make patients more comfortable with telehealth.

What the new physician fee schedule may mean for your practice.

The challenge for practices now is how to continue meeting evolving patient expectations while optimizing revenue and protecting their team from burnout.

Patient desire for virtual visits will likely not diminish. But when it comes to telehealth, what do providers desire?

Patient preferences and needs have changed, and physician practices will need to level up their virtual care offerings to accommodate them.

In an environment of ongoing change and uncertainty, virtual care is a powerful, permanent option for patients and physicians alike.

Providers can reap the rewards of a digital transformation that boosts efficiency and profitability, but they must first invest in the right technology.

One of the biggest risks is the act of practicing medicine virtually and the challenges of virtual examinations, reviewing diagnostics, communicating with the patient, loss of contextual clues, etc.

The difference lies in more than just the name.

Effective coaching delivered virtually must be conversational and personalized to the individual.

Why the conflation of “telehealth” and “virtual care” is misguided.