Website Search Results for: telehealth
1503 webpages matched your search. Here are matches 801 - 810:
Date: Feb 2019
Issue brief discussing four strategies rural hospitals are undertaking to improve the quality of care and patient experience, while decreasing the cost of healthcare services. Covers strategies on population health, new models of care, telehealth, and workforce programs. Includes multiple case studies and rural program examples for each strategy.
...telehealth, and workforce programs. Includes multiple case studies and rural program examples for each strategy...
Date: Oct 2020
Issue brief discussing telehealth treatment modalities based on a 2019 review of clinical outcomes related to telebehavioral health. Covers three state-level approaches: the Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center Rural Telemental Health Program (VA RTMH), which serves rural Oregon veterans, and Medicaid policies in Texas and Massachusetts. Addresses telebehavioral health policy details, implementation, and considerations for states looking to develop new telebehavioral health policies during the COVID-19 pandemic.
...telehealth treatment modalities based on a 2019 review of clinical outcomes related to telebehavioral health...
Date: Oct 2022
Presents results of a survey of home health agencies (HHAs) conducted between September through December 2021 to explore the challenges they faced during the COVID-19 pandemic. Discusses challenges related to staffing, infection control, the use of telehealth, and the adequacy of emergency preparedness plans, as well as challenges specific to rural HHAs. Provides recommendations for how the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) can help HHAs prepare for and respond to current and future infectious disease outbreaks and changes to the home health care landscape.
...telehealth, and the adequacy of emergency preparedness plans, as well as challenges specific to rural...
Date: Jan 2018
Provides background on the Flex Program and the Integration of Innovative Health Care Models (Innovative Projects) program area. Evaluates the impact of the Innovative Projects program area across seven participating states, focusing on activities involving the transition to value-based care, telehealth, care coordination, quality improvement, and system delivery in rural communities. Final implementation results are described in Implementation and Early Results of the Flex Program's Innovative Models Program Area: Final Evaluation Report.
...telehealth, care coordination, quality improvement, and system delivery in rural communities. Final implementation results are described...
Date: Nov 2021
Summarizes the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission's (MACPAC) ongoing analysis of behavioral health in Medicaid and CHIP and offers policy recommendations. Discusses the behavioral health workforce; behavioral healthcare service delivery and access; mental health parity; telehealth; and improving access for children and youth. Includes rural references and considerations throughout.
...telehealth; and improving access for children and youth. Includes rural references and considerations throughout. --- View...
Date: Apr 2021
Transcript from the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission's (MACPAC) April 2021 meeting. Covers the review of draft chapters and recommendations regarding high-cost specialty drugs, improving integration through dual-eligible special needs plans (D-SNPs), access to mental health services for adults, access to behavioral health services for children and adolescents, electronic health records as a tool for behavioral health services integration, and the non-emergency medical transportation benefit. Also details lessons from states on rebalancing, ensuring quality in Medicaid and CHIP, and what states are learning from the expanded use of telehealth.
...telehealth. --- View more April 2021 MACPAC Meeting Transcript Link View Resource Description Transcript from the Medicaid...
Date: Sep 2014
Describes strategies and practices that enable local health departments and healthcare organizations serving rural areas to assist their communities during emergencies resulting in medical surge. Explores ways to ensure adequate levels of care for all patients, including telehealth services and integrated information sharing systems.
...telehealth services and integrated information sharing systems. --- View more Responding to Medical Surge in Rural...
Date: Mar 2019
Reports on the implementation of the Flex Program and the integration of the Innovative Health Care Models (Innovative Projects) program area in 7 states focused on telehealth, care coordination, and quality improvement. Highlights lessons learned, program discussion, and the evaluation methods for each of the projects. Builds on a 2018 briefing paper, An Interim Evaluation Report of the Innovative Projects Portfolio of the Medicare Flex Grant Program.
...telehealth, care coordination, and quality improvement. Highlights lessons learned, program discussion, and the evaluation methods...
Date: 2006
Reports on the mental health and substance abuse needs of people living in rural and frontier areas. Discusses barriers, model programs, policy strategies, and telehealth. Also addresses the role that State Offices of Rural Health and other state and local organizations can play in rural behavioral health service delivery.
...telehealth. Also addresses the role that State Offices of Rural Health and other state and local...
Date: Apr 2022
Letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) responding to a request for information on access to coverage and care in Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Discusses strategies related to enrolling in and maintaining coverage, accessing services, and ensuring adequate payment rates. Includes information on physical and behavioral health integration, substance use disorder treatment for pregnant and postpartum women, telehealth, and more.
...telehealth, and more. --- View more MACPAC Response to CMS Request for Information on Access and Coverage...