Outside the garden terrace at the Stanford Hospital. Photo by Veronica Weber. Stanford Health Care and Kaiser Permanente are just two health care providers on the Peninsula that are pausing certain ...

Telehealth, which is a way to visit with your provider using a phone or video call, is available to all Medicare members through December 31, 2027. "A lot of Medicare beneficiaries got their ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released updated telehealth guidance that assures reimbursement for virtual care visits that occurred during the government shutdown from Oct. 1 ...

MINOOKA, Ill. (AP) — Bill Swick has a rare degenerative brain disease that inhibits his mobility and speech. Instead of the hassle of traveling an hour to a clinic in downtown Chicago to visit a ...

The Medicare telehealth flexibilities are set to expire on January 30, 2026. Without Congressional action, Medicare coverage for telehealth services will revert to the limited pre-COVID-19 framework.

What’s a shield law and how would a new bill impact patients receiving telehealth reproductive care and the providers giving ...

A few weeks ago, when Vicki Stearn, 68, tried to schedule a virtual visit with her doctor, she was told Medicare — at least temporarily — stopped paying for telehealth appointments when the government ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Critical telehealth provisions are set to expire on Jan. 30. CMS may retroactively reimburse physicians who ...

The Trump administration has announced a pricing initiative designed to reduce the cost of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) drug products for certain Medicare enrollees. This policy represents a ...

The American Telehealth Association is looking for clarification from the Centers for Medicare and Medicare Services on telehealth billing practices in the physician fee schedule final rule released ...

Credit: Getty Images Tavi Schlueter, MSN, CPNP-PC, PMHS, shares her thoughts on why pandemic-era telehealth flexibilities remain valuable for Medicare beneficiaries, avoiding the telehealth cliff.

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