Telehealth
The Future of Physician Workforce Optimization: Building the Clinical and Operational Infrastructure for a Sustainable Future, sponsored by AmplifyMD, explores how integrated virtual specialty care models are helping hospitals extend scarce expertise, stabilize coverage and improve access to care…
Wendy Kim, DNP, R.N., vice president and chief nursing officer of Henry Ford Health in Michigan, shares how the system’s virtual nursing program is reducing documentation burden, improving patient safety and giving nurses more time at the bedside.
This Trailblazer explores how health systems are redesigning physician workforce models using virtual specialty care and automation.
The Department of Health and Human Services and Drug Enforcement Administration Dec. 30 released a temporary rule extending for the fourth time waiver flexibilities for prescribing controlled substances via telemedicine.
Highlights from two impactful episodes that sparked dialogue around improving health care in America.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will retroactively pay claims for telehealth services provided during the government shutdown through Jan. 30, the agency said in an updated FAQ Nov. 20. Telehealth flexibilities will expire at the end of January if government funding is not extended…
At the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government moved quickly to ensure hospitals and health systems were able to leverage telehealth services to respond efficiently and effectively to a wave of unprecedented need.
The 43-day government shutdown ended late Nov. 12 when President Trump signed a funding bill into law, hours after the House passed the measure by a 222-209 vote.
Over the weekend, senators reached a deal to reopen the government. The agreement includes a three-bill, full-year spending package for 1) the Department of Agriculture and Food and Drug Administration, 2) the Legislative Branch, and 3) the Defense Department construction projects and the…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Oct. 31 issued a final rule that updates physician fee schedule (PFS) payments for calendar year (CY) 2026.