MCOL March 6, 2020
Clive Riddle

mHealthIntelligence reminds us that the emergency spending now passed by Congress “will waive Medicare’s geographical restrictions on telehealth during a public health emergency, enabling providers to use telehealth in urban and rural areas as well as in the patient’s home” and “also loosens restrictions on the use of a telephone to deliver care, as long as that phone has audio-visual capabilities.”

The Wall Street Journal notes that “doctor groups, hospitals and health insurers are increasingly steering people with mild or no symptoms toward initial visits conducted by phone, interactive video or secure messaging. They are also starting to use the technology to care remotely for people with suspected or confirmed cases of Covid-19, the respiratory disease caused by the virus.”

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