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Title: COVID-19 – The Rise Of Remote Healthcare


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COVID-19 The Rise Of Remote Healthcare
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COVID-19 The Rise Of Remote Healthcare
The Covid-19 pandemic has forced healthcare
providers to create new routes for providing
remote healthcare (care at distance) and it is
main driver for the rise of remote healthcare. In
particular, this pandemic has created a dramatic
push to find innovative ways to remotely and
effectively monitor patient health
status. Remote healthcare includes telemedicine
(telehealth) as a leading vehicle to deliver
virtual care however, its not the only vehicle
for diagnosing and treating patients remotely.
Telemedicine is accompanied with number of
additional features to enhance remote healthcare
for example- Remote patient monitoring
(RPM). Lets understand various vehicles of
remote healthcare in detail. Telemedine Telemedic
ine is the use of electronic communications and
information technologies to provide clinical
services when participants are at different
locations and closely associated with
telemedicine is the term Telehealth. Generally
telehealth encompasses broader technology
applications to distance education, consumer
outreach, and other applications. Telemedicine
includes Videoconferencing, e-health including
patient portals, transmission of still image
remote monitoring of vital signs, nursing call
centers and continuing medical education.
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  • When it comes to reimbursement for Telemedicine
    Medicare has a specific list of CPT codes that
    are covered under telemedicine services.
  • Remote Patient Monitoring
  • Remote patient monitoring is an important
    application of telehealth and it is a method of
    healthcare delivery with the help of advancement
    in information technology to gather patient data
    outside of traditional healthcare settings.
  • Lets see how RPM will help you amid covid-19.
  • RPM will Eliminates the need for non-essential
    in-person visits, thus decreasing the chances of
    patient and provider exposure to COVID-19.
  • Reduces overall healthcare costs for patients and
    physicians, with an overwhelming amount of
    evidence detailing improved disease management
    through RPM.
  • Helps healthcare organizations scale their
    valuable clinical staff, which is especially
    essential during public health crises when
    providers resources are stretched thin.
  • Serves as a critical early warning system for
    COVID-19 detection in individuals, especially for
    asymptomatic or pre-symptomatic individuals.

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  • Reimbursement for RPM
  • When we talk about reimbursement for RPM, CMS has
    mentioned in its final rule,
  • To qualify for reimbursement under CPT codes
    99457 and 99458, CMS mandated at least 20 minutes
    of interactive communication time between
    provider and patient over a calendar month,
    However the 20 minutes of RPM care should not
    include interactive communication.
  • The agency clarified that interactive
    communication can include both in-person and
    connected health channels.
  • Now, you will have clear understanding of
    Telehealth and RPM in detail hence let look at
    some remote health services used for a variety of
    purposes
  • Remote healthcare services
  • Specialist referral services typically involve a
    specialist assisting a general practitioner in
    rendering a diagnosis. Here patient may seeing
    a specialist over a live, remote consult or the
    transmission of diagnostic images and/or video
    along with patient data to a specialist for
    viewing later.
  • Direct patient care such as sharing audio, video
    and medical data between a patient and a health
    professional for use in rendering a diagnosis,
    treatment plan, prescription or advice. Here
    patients may located at a remote clinic, a
    physicians office or home.
  • Medical education and mentoring, which range from
    the provision of continuing medical education
    credits for health professionals and special
    medical education seminars for targeted groups to
    interactive expert advice provided to another
    professional performing medical procedure.

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As technology is advancing and various
entrepreneurs as well as companies are investing
in remote healthcare, it is sure that remote
healthcare will definitely rise. If you are a
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