Telehealth

An RTM and digital care-management expert walks readers through how the new CPT codes can help provider organizations meet patients where they are: at home.

The result the health system's virtual care chief is proudest of: reducing the referral queue from 19,000 patients to 3,000. "That is astounding," he says.

Also: partnership news from Uberdoc and Nest Collaborative and layoffs at Verily and Carbon Health.

It has experienced a more than 150% increase in patients and has saved hundreds of thousands of dollars over the past few years since it no longer relies on physical servers.

"We have seen a $400 per member, per month improvement in patient total cost of care," says CMO Jonathan Welch. 

The government relations team at HIMSS offers some insights on what's next for telehealth, broadband expansion, interoperability rules and more in the year ahead.

A telehealth and remote patient monitoring expert points to ongoing momentum, market positioning and specialty care as keys moving forward.

A study published in JAMA Network Open found that oncology care via telehealth was associated with time, travel and cost savings among cancer patients.

The company said patients living in Illinois, Colorado, New Mexico and Maryland can find out quickly if they're eligible to receive the medication by mail.

The agency says bad actors are sending infected files disguised to look like medical documents and requesting medical appointments. Telemedicine increases the likelihood that malicious images and information would be reviewed ahead of telehealth visits.