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Dr. Rosenthal, a contributing opinion writer, was an emergency room physician before becoming a journalist.
Earlier in the pandemic it was vital to see doctors over platforms like Zoom or FaceTime when in-person appointments posed risks of coronavirus exposure. Insurers were forced â often for the first time â to reimburse for all sorts of virtual medical visits and generally at the same price as in-person consultations.
By April 2020, one national study found, telemedicine visits already accounted for 13 percent of all medical claims compared with 0.15 percent a year earlier. And Covid hadnât seriously hit much of the country yet. By May, for example, Johns Hopkinsâs neurology department was conducting 95 percent of patient visits virtually. There had been just 10 such visits weekly the year before.
University Hospitals receives grant to pair Medicaid patients with case managers
Dr. Patrick Runnels
University Hospitals has received a $300,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) to research a UH-developed model to create a long-term, relationship-based approach for vulnerable Medicaid patients by pairing them with case managers.
UH is one of nine organizations to receive a grant from RWJF, which sought proposals for comprehensive approaches to transform health systems and promote health equity among the Medicaid population, according to a news release. The study, which started in January and will collect data through June 2022, is designed to help patients with their physical and mental health.
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Healthcare providers have aggressively climbed onto the virtual care bandwagon since last March, conducting half or more of their patient visits by phone or computer. From mid-March to mid-October, nearly 40% of Medicare beneficiaries received a covered telemedicine service.
Now, with barely a year s worth of experience and few studies to rate outcomes, researchers are asking if virtual care standards whatever they are and patient access to telehealth platforms are good enough. The question will be particularly relevant if payers continue reimbursing at in-person visit rates after the pandemic subsides, as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) said it was considering in August.
Kennedy host and the Party Panel weigh in on the 5,593-page coronavirus relief bill and its contents.
The pandemic is reshaping the way Americans care for their elderly, prompting family decisions to avoid nursing homes and keep loved ones in their own homes for rehabilitation and other care.
Americans have long relied on institutions to care for the frailest seniors. The U.S. has the largest number of nursing-home residents in the world. But families and some doctors have been reluctant to send patients to such facilities, fearing infection and isolation in places ravaged by Covid-19, which has caused more than 115,000 deaths linked to U.S. long-term-care institutions.