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2022 Deborah LaMarche Telehealth Award Presentation
October 5, 2022Watch the presentation of Dr. Todd Vento, with Intermountain Healthcare, receive the 2022 Deborah LaMarche Telehealth Award. Listen to his comments on what it means to be an award winner and how he humbly gives all the credit to his co-workers.

Introduction to school-based telehealth
October 4, 2022School-based telehealth improves and expands a student’s ability to access health care providers. Increased access to health care helps students stay or become healthy and focus on learning.

Medicare Telehealth
October 4, 2022Actions Needed to Strengthen Oversight and Help Providers Educate Patients on Privacy and Security Risks.

Telehealth Care Quality Better Than In-Person For Some Measures
October 4, 2022New research shows that telehealth can enhance healthcare quality, with telehealth patients experiencing a similar or better performance in some quality measures than patients receiving in-person care.

CMS Announces Roadmap for End of the COVID-19 PHE
August 29, 2022The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced on August 18 that it has developed a roadmap for the eventual end of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE). During the COVID-19 PHE, CMS has used emergency waiver authorities to establish regulatory flexibilities for providers that enabled access to health care. Most of these waivers and flexibilities will terminate at the end of the PHE. CMS developed an initiative for reestablishing program requirements and health and safety standards when the PHE ends.

Intermountain’s Dr. Todd Vento Wins UETN Telehealth Excellence Award
August 26, 2022Intermountain Healthcare’s Dr. Todd Vento is the 2022 winner of the 3rd annual Deborah LaMarche Telehealth Excellence Award.