MobiHealth News September 5, 2017
Jonah Comstock

Increased investment in telehealth for providers, employers, and payers has become a reality, a forward momentum that is unlikely to be turned around. But even as adoption ticks up and state and national legislatures open the doors for more telehealth use and reimbursement, recent studies have shown mixed results about the efficacy of the technology.

About a year ago, in an effort to standardize the conversation around telemedicine efficacy, the Department of Health and Human Services commissioned the National Quality Forum to create a framework for telehealth measures. Now, after receiving and incorporating public comments, that framework has been published.

“The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) initiated this project, explicitly for the National Quality Forum (NQF) to...

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Topics: CMS, Employer, Health IT, Health System / Hospital, MACRA, Market Research, Medicaid, Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Patient / Consumer, Payer, Physician, Primary care, Provider, Self-insured, Telehealth
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