By Mark Melchionna
May 10, 2023 – The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Dr. Gautam Jayaswal of Overland Park, Kansas, faced charges following a telehealth fraud scheme involving accusations of ordering unneeded tests…
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By Mark Melchionna
May 10, 2023 – Published in Cureus, new research indicated that although rural residents were just as likely as their urban counterparts to own and utilize digital health tools, they used these resources…
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By Mark Melchionna
May 09, 2023 – Earlier this month, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) announced errors in Medicare reimbursement for some psychotherapy services, including those provided…
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By Mark Melchionna
May 08, 2023 – Emergency medical services (EMS) provider Falck announced a collaboration with MD Ally to expand the scope of care for Alameda County, California residents by enabling EMS professionals to connect…
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Background: Requesting and disclosing HIV serostatus is associated with a reduction in HIV transmission among men who have sex with men (MSM). However, the reliability of common methods for HIV serostatus requests and disclosure…
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By Mark Melchionna
May 08, 2023 – Led by Sen. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a group of US senators have urged the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) to permanently establish telehealth flexibilities in prescribing buprenorphine for opioid…
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By Mark Melchionna
May 05, 2023 – Researchers from Weill Cornell Medicine have created a hand-worn wearable device containing a knitted robotic textile to assist hand edema patients.
According to the press release, hand edema is the…
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By Mark Melchionna
May 05, 2023 – The Telehealth Service Implementation Model (TSIM), which originated from the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), will begin a new online training course to assist telehealth leaders in optimizing…
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By Anuja Vaidya
May 04, 2023 – A new model that incentivizes primary care providers (PCPs) to use new modes of delivery, such as remote care, can “drastically improve upon” the traditional fee-for-service structure, new research…
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Background: Depressive and manic episodes within bipolar disorder (BD) and major depressive disorder (MDD) involve altered mood, sleep, and activity, alongside physiological alterations wearables can capture. Objective: Firstly, we explored whether physiological wearable data…
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