What's New(s)
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.
Life has turned upside down in the past few months. With the outbreak of COVID-19, many things have changed including the position of telehealth in healthcare delivery. CMS restricted Medicare reimbursement to telehealth services that met one of the below three criteria:
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.
According to CMS estimates, Medicare payments to home health agencies in 2021 would increase in the aggregate by 2.6% or $540 million, as per the proposed policies.
Researchers mentioned in the JAMA Psychiatry viewpoint that mass quarantine and social isolation lead to an increased usage of social media and other information-based websites. It in turn increases stress, fear and the risk of fear-related disorders.
