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Late last year, the Federal Communications Commission announced it would award $250 million dollars in funding to nonprofit and public healthcare providers as a part of the COVID-19 Telehealth Program. The COVID-19 Telehealth Program is a reimbursement program that tasks providers with
At first glance, the news that the federal public health emergency will remain in place through the remainder of 2021 might seem like a bad sign for hopes of quickly beating back COVID-19 and finally returning to normal. But it’s also good news for the continued growth of telehealth, and for patients.
Norris Cochran, the acting secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, made the announcement in a letter to state governors in late January. The public he
The demand for telehealth in the United States has grown considerably in the past ten years. In 2017, patients were waiting an average of nearly 30 days to see their doctor, whose accessibility is growing increasingly scarce. It’s little wonder that from 2010-2017, the use of telehealth in hospitals
What is the COVID-19 Telehealth Program?
The FCC launched the COVID-19 Telehealth program as a part of the overarching CARES Act in March 2020 to help nonprofit and public health care providers implement connected care services in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. $200 million dollars in funding was distributed to eligible providers who had qualified for the program via
RemetricHealth, a leading remote patient monitoring (RPM) and telehealth services company that has been serving the healthcare industry for more than a decade, has announced that its telehealth capabilities, in conjunction with its biometric monitoring devices, are helping connect patients and providers in a time when continuity of care can be challenging due to COVID-19.
The telehealth model is taking on an increasingly prominent role today,