Then you should probably register for the summit.

• 2 days of Impactful Content
• Networking Opportunities
• Educational Sessions
• Connect with Legislators

CTeL Summits were created in response to calls from Fortune 500 companies and telehealth industry practitioners wanting a forum for nonaligned and technology-neutral conversations. Summit agendas are crafted to encourage unbiased and open dialogue.

Summits convene the leading thinkers and innovators in the medical community to grapple with all of the issues surrounding the use of emerging technologies that hold the potential to improve the delivery of safe and quality medical care.

The Summit’s conference format is deliberately open to encourage attendees to look beyond today and peek into the future. We hope you will join us! Summit attendance is a foundational component of CTeL membership.

June 10, 2025: Capitol Hill Day
June 11, 2024: Policy Day & Reception
June 12, 2024: Policy Day

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Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) programs collect biometric data from patients in one location and electronically transmit that information to healthcare providers in a different location for assessment and recommendations. It’s a common clinical practice for many clinicians, and can be a valuable tool to utilize when managing your patients’ chronic diseases.

Our new RPM module will give you a high-level review of RPM concepts, and is designed especially for providers and clinicians.

This interactive module helps participants:

• Define Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM)
• Identify patient populations and use cases for RPM
• Discuss RPM conceptual models
• Develop clinical workflows
• Identify RPM medicare CPT codes
• Explore RPM technologies

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn more about Remote Patient Monitoring!

Additional Resources:

Telehealth Roundup: Remote Patient Monitoring

Telehealth Roundup: RPM Billing Panel Discussion

Webinar: Remote Patient Monitoring – A Mississippi Story

Blog Post: Remote Patient Monitoring Helps Uncover Child’s Undiagnosed Condition

Blog Post: Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM): Enabling Patient Care Outside of the Clinic

National TRC Webinar: CCM and Remote Patient Monitoring Improve Care Coordination & Increasing Revenue

Take This Course!

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Here’s a question we’re getting a lot right now: When are the policy changes that went into effect at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic expiring? Or: Will these changes be made permanent? The fact is, we don’t know but we’re seeing the winds of change starting to take hold. Whereas wide acceptance of telehealth was an uphill climb for many pre-pandemic, the current demand for telehealth has flung the doors wide open. Blue Cross Blue Shield in Tennessee recently announced the permanence of the temporary pandemic changes.

“In March, the mission-driven insurer began covering telephone and video visits with in-network providers. The change initially included primary care providers, specialists and behavioral health providers and was later expanded to include occupational, physical and speech therapy as well as ABA therapy services. All of these services will now be covered on an ongoing basis.” (BCBS)¹

Last week, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released guidelines with a statement encouraging the resumption of in-person care saying, “while telehealth has proven to be a lifeline, nothing can absolutely replace the gold standard: in-person care.”²

CMS is mostly referring to those who have postponed non-emergency visits during the onset of the pandemic, and with some states seeing spikes in COVID-19 cases, many are wondering what this resumption of care will look like. The Mississippi Hospital Association and Mississippi State Medical Association created Prepare to Care, a campaign to inform their residents about safe treatment options… including telemedicine.³

Health professionals and lawmakers alike are calling for telehealth expansion. Thomas Ferrante with Foley and Lardner law firm says, “Before the pandemic, Medicare fee-for-service coverage of telehealth services was extremely restrictive, with limitations for rural locations, originating sites, eligible practitioners and services, and qualifying technology. The CARES Act allowed CMS to temporarily remove these requirements under broad waivers.”⁴

With national and local levels of government revisiting and revising policy, public and private sectors reviewing and restructuring operating procedures and financial matters, no one knows what the healthcare landscape will look like when we come out on the other side. But one thing is certain: there will be no return to the way it was.

And if you want a hint of what the future may look like, check out the 2021 Physician Fee Schedule, which should be released next month. Stay tuned…

Sources:

1. https://www.bcbs.com/press-releases/bluecross-making-network-telehealth-services-permanent
2. https://www.cms.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases/trump-administration-encourages-reopening-healthcare-facilities
3. https://www.wcbi.com/mississippi-hospital-association-mississippi-state-medical-association-highlight-centers-medicare-medicaid-services-recommendations-mississippians-safely-seek-care/
4. https://mhealthintelligence.com/news/experts-weigh-in-on-post-covid-19-telehealth-rules-and-policies

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One knock on technology is that it moves us away from making personal connections with people in our lives or communities. In many ways it’s true.  Think about the time you spend on social media sites instead of actually paying a visit to a friend or family member.  Similarly, how many times do you see people using cell phones in public places completely unaware of their physical surroundings?

A Knock on the Door

In medicine, physicians used to make house calls.  They’d travel the community visiting folks who could not make it into the office for an appointment. Unfortunately due to a lack of healthcare providers this isn’t really possible today.

However, now technology can bring people together.

Consider this story I recently heard. There was a quadriplegic rehabilitation patient who lived nearly three hours away from the only specialist in the state that could provide treatment.  The patient was not able to travel to the healthcare provider so the healthcare provider had to come to him.

Hearing this, a nurse practiced in Telemedicine, took it upon herself to deliver a clinical Telemedicine cart to a health center in the patient’s area of the state.  The RN also coordinated with the physician to have a video unit delivered to his office.  The patient was able to connect with the physician via a live video connection!

Knock it out of the Park

After the exam several good things happened:

Now, luckily I live in a state that benefits from a well designed infrastructure that helped make this encounter possible.  But, it was the tenacity of the providers and their commitment to bring healthcare to medically underserved areas that truly made it happen.   This tenacity and commitment is what motivated doctors to make those house calls years ago.

By Terri Imus, RN, LNC

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