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Frequently Asked Questions Answered by our Billing Expert
Does providing a psychiatry service via telemedicine automatically qualify for reporting CPT code 90785 Interactive complexity in addition to the code for the primary service? Although covered as a telehealth service under certain payment programs,… Read More
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UAMS’ South Central Telehealth Resource Center Secures $975,000 Grant to Expand Digital Health Services
The South Central Telehealth Resource Center, housed at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Institute for Digital Health & Innovation, received a three-year grant for $975,000 from the Health Resources and Services Administration… Read More
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The National Nursing Shortage: Telehealth is Part of the Solution
For many Americans, their first personal experience of being a hospital patient quickly becomes a crash course in the importance and value of having a skilled and dedicated bedside nurse. At a higher level, this… Read More
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Telehealth, COVID-19, and Social Determinants of Health: Using Technology to Advance Social Care
In our earlier blog posts, we explained the concept of Social Determinants of Health (SDOH), and why SDOH are increasingly being addressed through primary care. We also discussed how telehealth has helped address some of the… Read More
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Telehealth, COVID-19, and Social Determinants of Health: Learning from the Shift to Virtual Care
Decades of research have shown that healthcare accounts for only 10% to 20% of what defines a person’s health status and that social, behavioral, and genetic factors play a large role in determining overall health. Known… Read More
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Nonprofit Receives Funds to Continue Offering Telehealth Services
The Georgia-based nonprofit Global Partnership for Telehealth (GPT) will continue its role as the Southeastern Telehealth Resource Center (SETRC), offering resources to providers and organizations that are actively providing telehealth services. The Health Resources and Services… Read More
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Telehealth, COVID-19, and Social Determinants of Health: Trauma Informed Care and Intimate Partner Violence
In our last post, we discussed the ongoing interest and attention around Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) in primary care, and how telehealth has played an important role during the COVID-19 pandemic in enabling care… Read More
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6 Students, 2 Professors, and COVID: An Unforgettable Service-Learning Immersion
Why am I ALWAYS crying? I swear right when I think to myself… “I got this, I GOT THIS”. Tears, puddles, Niagara Falls… pouring out. Every time I’m asked to share my experience. Why cry?… Read More
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Feds Investing $19 Million in Telehealth Resource Centers, Other Programs
The federal government is investing more than $19 million in key telehealth initiatives, including the National Consortium of Telehealth Resource Centers (TRCs) and Telehealth Centers of Excellence (COE) program. Some 36 awards are being distributed… Read More