The use of at-home medical testing services has rapidly expanded into consumer settings since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many patients and healthcare providers recognize the range of benefits home testing offers, including increased effectiveness of testing and subsequent intervention, reduced exposure of others to infectious diseases, and reduced burden of in-clinic activities. To help guide discussions related to regulation and reimbursement for these services, the American Telemedicine Association’s Home Testing Special Interest Group (SIG) has published the white paper, "Making the Case for Non-Discriminatory Regulation and Reimbursement for Home Testing."

See here for a document outlining answers to the most frequently asked telehealth policy questions.

University of Utah Health (UUH) is the Mountain West’s only academic healthcare system, serving patients in predominantly rural settings in Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, western Colorado, and much of Nevada. UUH encompasses five hospitals, 12 community care centers, 6 schools and colleges, a health plan covering 190k people, the UU Medical Group, numerous institutes and centers, and one of the United States’ largest reference labs. With such a broad and deep reach, UUH trains most of Utah’s clinicians – physicians, nurses, pharmacists, therapists, and other healthcare professionals. This is UUH’s story.

As a Level 5 member of the ATA, Ascension was one of the first HCOs that the ATA engaged to inform the development of our Provider Telehealth Engagement Model. The 5-stage Maturity Model aligned with the work underway within Ascension, providing a framework that Ascension could adopt and adapt internally. This is Ascension’s story.

Driving virtual care expansion is rife with obstacles. Learn about the 5 most common challenges companies face when scaling telehealth programs and the strategies to overcome them in this guide from Wheel.

Mental health is a growing market sector with significant opportunities for both insureds and insurers alike.

Few industries have seen more dramatic growth in recent years than that of virtual care.

This educational video explores considerations in the Acute Ischemic Stroke telestroke evaluation, relating to: the NIHSS, posterior stroke, identifying potential disability, and patient and bedside provider engagement.

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The Transportable Exam Backpack is a lightweight, mobile telehealth station offered by GlobalMed, an international provider of virtual health solutions.

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The ATA believes that telehealth, when utilized in accordance with health equity principles, can eliminate disparities and inequities in health.

The Association of Social Work Boards recently published a detailed report on the regulation of telehealth practice by social workers in the United States and Canada.

The purpose of this document is to provide an overview of the role the federal government and state governments play in regulating telehealth.

With around 97% of all primary care physicians forced to leverage telehealth at the start of April 2020, and the telehealth sector growing 91.

Health Recovery Solutions interviewed two Hospital at Home program leaders at Michigan Medicine and Allina Health who provided helpful insights into their Hospital at Home programs and shared their lessons for success.

The US map below lays out the different licensure compacts within each state.

With a shortage of doctors, patients lack access to proper healthcare.

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Telehealth use, which surged during the COVID-19 pandemic, has provided a way for patients to continue to receive care while remaining safe in their homes.