At the end of June, now ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo allowed New York's executive orders regarding telehealth practice across state lines to expire. As a psychotherapist practicing in New Jersey, I would like to share a few reasons why this will be detrimental to patients' mental health.
Telehealth might be here to stay, but it remains a recent and often misunderstood addition to the medical education landscape. To make it work, faculty and administrators must understand what's different between in-person and remote visits.
TAMPA, Fla. — The increased use of telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a rise in healthcare fraud committed against Medicare and Medicaid programs. Billions of dollars of fraud have already been identified and one expert warns the number of losses could increase exponentially if safeguards aren't quickly put into place nationwide.
When COVID-19 shut down the world economy last year, a lot of basic healthcare moved to the internet. Many doctors and patients avoided in-person meetings and met online. Not surprisingly, revenue took off for many virtual players, and the stocks followed suit. And the trend has shown no signs of abating.
Manatt Health has developed a federal and comprehensive 50-state tracker for policy, regulatory and legal changes related to telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic.
At Mee Memorial Healthcare System, we use telehealth as a valuable tool to help expand access to and improve the quality of rural healthcare. This helps reduce or minimize challenges and burdens patients encounter, such as transportation issues related to traveling for care.