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Medicare began covering telemedicine services during the COVID-19 pandemic and has maintained the popular offering through temporary waivers approved by Congress since. -
Modernizing benefits delivery is no longer a question of “if,” it’s a question of “how well.” Making benefits more easily accessible improves staff workload, increases user satisfaction and improves outcomes.
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The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services announced an automated online assistant to help residents find accurate information about the novel coronavirus. The tool will provide responses to common inquiries. -
The non-identifiable cellphone data for 16 million Americans shows patterns in where people live and how often they left their homes in February, March, April and May — before, during and after the height of the crisis.
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Oklahoma’s Legislature passed legislation last week to require the Department of Public Safety to use $300,000 to pay for a medical marijuana pilot program to test out marijuana breathalyzers.
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The Michigan House of Representatives passed a series of bills last week aimed at expanding telehealth in Michigan, including one that expands Medicaid coverage under the Healthy Michigan program for telehealth.
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The Federal Communications Commission grants follow an earlier round of funding aimed at buttressing telemedicine efforts as coronavirus-related social distancing spread across the country this spring.
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The Hamilton County Health Department has pulled out of a plan to share coronavirus patient data with first responders and 911 dispatch. The controversial plan drew fire over concerns about privacy.
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When Idaho Gov. Brad Little unveiled his Idaho Rebounds plan, he promised data-based decisions on whether the state should progress through reopening. And that data, the plan stated, would be publicly displayed.
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The service, which is available seven days a week, contacts participants each day. After confirming the caller is okay, it offers to connect them with the local Area Agency on Aging for information about services or assistance.
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An AI-driven program from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland aims to give individuals and governments a real-time picture of the risk of coronavirus transmission in a given area based on state and local data.
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When about 25 North Carolina hospitals added in missing numbers recently, the number of hospitalized patients leaped by more than 100, the largest increase since state officials began publishing the data.
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University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center researchers think part of the answer to the crisis is in using predictive modeling to analyze and quantify the effectiveness of mitigation strategies against the coronavirus.
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Amazon executives and spokespeople have consistently declined to disclose a tally of the pandemic’s toll on the company’s 935,000-person workforce. Now a coalition of state attorneys general is pressing for the numbers.
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During a Washington Post Live discussion May 13, Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo explained her state's plan to use contact tracing as an important aspect of their ambitious plans to reopen.
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Washington Gov. Jay Inslee believes that the state is ready to begin its contact tracing initiative. Contact tracers will communicate with residents who have tested positive for the virus, as well as arranging services for people in isolation.
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After a plan to share data about novel coronavirus cases between the state health department and police agencies came to light, some officials have opted out of the agreement citing privacy concerns.
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