Bridge Counseling Associates a nonprofit agency and certified community behavioral health clinic is based in Las Vegas – in Clark County, Nevada. Since there was a need to provide services in rural communities where professional behavioral health services are virtually unavailable, Bridge provided services through telehealth.
Consortium utilizes FCC COVID-19 funds to ensure telehealth access to underserved
The MA FQHC Telehealth Consortium was created for Federally Qualified Health Centers to collectively master telehealth so that their patients can access quality care despite the pandemic.
Prior to this, FQHCs usually struggled to make telehealth functional due to the expense, lack of reimbursement and access related issues.
Trinity Health decides to cut more staff due to rising costs, faces $2 billion revenue loss
Trinity Health is a Livonia based health system with 93 hospitals in 22 states. It has announced an unspecified number of layoffs, reduced shifts and extended furloughs in the wake of lesser patient volume, rising expenses and a projected $2 billion revenue loss.
Volume of telehealth patients skyrocketed 4000% during the coronavirus pandemic
S&P Global has released a new report revealing that telehealth patient volume increased 3,000 to 4,000 percent during the early month of the COVID-19 outbreak. Its usage is high as local governments have tried to ease communities back into pre-pandemic conditions.
CMS expands telehealth reimbursements to therapists, phone services during the COVID-19 crisis
Federal officials are again relaxing rules with reference to telehealth use during the Coronavirus crisis. They will now allow physical therapists and other providers to get reimbursed through Medicare and expand coverage for phone-based services.