Healthcare IT Today August 31, 2020
The following is a guest article by Dr. Waseem Ghannam, co-founder of TeleHealth Solution.
When the COVID-19 pandemic began in the U.S. in March, telemedicine quickly became the go-to-approach for most medical visits as it offered a solution that allowed effective care without risk to patients or providers. The advent of the pandemic also resulted in changes to the HIPAA restrictions that had historically hampered the adoption of telemedicine across state lines and without HIPAA-compliant technology. These changes improved access and opened the doors to widespread adoption of telemedicine across almost all specialties, as well as allowed for reimbursement of providers for telemedicine visit. However, as with almost every payment change in healthcare, providers have surfaced who have taken the...
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