Home Health Care News August 27, 2019
Widespread use of telehealth throughout the U.S. health care system — and especially in home-based senior care — hasn’t yet reached its tipping point, American Well Chief Medical Officer Dr. Peter Antall told Home Health Care News.
But new survey findings released Tuesday suggest it may be coming in the not-too-distant future.
“Perhaps it’s both a surprise and not a surprise that we haven’t yet reached telehealth’s tipping point — the moment of critical mass in which telehealth goes from a ‘nice-to-have’ to an ‘essential’ part of the care experience,” Antall said. “It’s true that, while the CHRONIC Care Act empowered Medicare to reimburse for a wider breadth of services, including those with stroke or end-stage renal disease, telehealth coverage...