Today, CMS is issuing an electronic
toolkit regarding telehealth and telemedicine for Long Term Care Nursing
Home Facilities. Under President Trump’s leadership to respond to the need
to limit the spread of community COVID-19, CMS has broadened access to Medicare
telehealth services so that beneficiaries can receive a wider range of
services from their doctors without having to travel to a healthcare
facility. This document contains electronic links to reliable sources of
information regarding telehealth and telemedicine, including the
significant changes made by CMS over the last week in response to the
National Health Emergency. Most of the information is directed
towards providers who may want to establish a permanent telemedicine
program, but there is information here that will help in the temporary
deployment of a telemedicine program as well. There are specific documents
identified that will be useful in choosing telemedicine vendors, equipment,
and software, initiating a telemedicine program, monitoring patients
remotely, and developing documentation tools. There is also
information that will be useful for providers who intend to care for
patients through electronic virtual services that may be temporarily used
during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Toolkit
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