Chairman of Federal Communications Commission, Ajit Pai announced plans for telehealth funding. This proposal sets aside $200 million to assist healthcare providers purchase technology and broadband connectivity for telehealth services.
COVID-19: Telemedicine providing real, fast healthcare across neurology
Telemedicine is an unexplored territory for many neurologists. But things have changed with COVID-19 pandemic prompting experts in stroke, dementia, epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease and other subspecialties to guide clinicians trying to pivot to a new arena of online consultations.
Humana adds telehealth coverage, services to help combat Coronavirus pandemic
Humana will expand its telehealth portfolio to assist member access connected health services to help combat the life-threatening coronavirus pandemic. Humana, a Kentucky-based payer serves more than 13 million people.
OCR plans to ease restrictions on telehealth tech during COVID-19 pandemic
The HHS Office for Civil Rights announced that it will use discretion as it enforces HIPAA-compliance for telehealth communication tools during the coronavirus pandemic.
In order to broaden the use of remote consults during the coronavirus outbreak, OCR says providers will be allowed to temporarily use applications like Apple FaceTime, Facebook Messenger video chat, Google Hangouts video or Skype.