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In a recent paper forthcoming in the Review of Financial Studies, Zihan Ye, assistant professor of finance at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Haslam College of Business, and co-authors Kimberly Cornaggia (Penn State University) and Xuelin Li (Columbia Business School) investigated the financial effects of…
Read more: The Convenience of Telehealth for Rural Patients
In the past four years, four labor and delivery units in northern Minnesota have closed, leaving Sanford Bemidji Medical Center and its four OB-GYNs to serve about 100,000 patients as one of the only remaining facilities providing true comprehensive high-risk OB care in the region.
Read more: MINNESOTA: Challenges, Concerns for Expectant Mothers in Rural America
Without congressional action, Medicare’s telehealth flexibilities will expire at the end of 2024. Although an extension is likely, Congress and the administration must also begin crafting policies that support high-quality, cost-effective virtual care for the long-term.
Read more: Positioning Telehealth Policy to Ensure High-Quality, Cost-Effective Care
Though the drop in primary care visit volume was partially offset by telehealth use during the COVID-19 pandemic, new research reveals that these changes varied significantly across patient characteristics, with significant declines in overall visit volume among patients with more comorbidities, among others.
Read more: Telehealth Offset Declines in Primary Care Visits, but Not Equally
As a result of the legislature passing Senate Bill 209, the South Dakota Department of Health has $5,000,000 of funding available to provide telemedicine technology and infrastructure to assisted living centers and nursing homes in remote and underserved parts of South Dakota. More information is…
Read more: SOUTH DAKOTA: Telehealth Grant Funding Available for SD Nursing Homes & Assisted Living· Minnesota
On Thursday the Minnesota Legislature passed a new telehealth law. Details at this link.
Read more: Minnesota Passes Telehealth Law
Iowa Medicaid recently passed new regulations expanding coverage for remote monitoring for Medicaid beneficiaries. This is likely to have significant impacts on FQHCs and other safety net providers interested in adding these services.
Read more: Iowa Medicaid to cover remote monitoring
