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Telemedicine: Significant Expansion, Followed by a Return to Normalcy

April 02, 2018 Chuck Buck | Dale C. Van Demark, JD | Dennis Jones | Nancy Beckley | David Glaser, Esq. | Ronald Hirsch, MD | Timothy Powell | J. Paul Spencer
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Telemedicine: Significant Expansion, Followed by a Return to Normalcy
Show Notes

Telemedicine, considered to be an electronic lifeline for rural healthcare, is a rapidly growing sector of health care in the United States that has recently gone through a significant expansion.

Returning to Monitor Mondays to provide an update to his October 2017 report on the CHRONIC Act and MedPac's report on Telemedicine, is attorney Dale C. Van Demark, a partner at McDermott Will & Emery in Washington, D.C.

The episode rundown also includes:

  • Monday Rounds: Ronald Hirsch, MD, vice president of R1 Physician Advisory Services, makes his Monday Rounds with another installment of his popular segment.

  • Hot Topics: Monitor Mondays senior correspondent Nancy Beckley, president and CEO for Nancy Beckley and Associates, returns to report on all the latest hot topics and the Monitor Mondays Listener Survey.

  • Risky Business: Healthcare attorney David Glaser with Fredrikson & Byron reports on another example of a potentially troublesome issue that could pose a risk to your facility.

  • 340B Update: Monitor Mondays national correspondent Timothy Powell, CPA, reports on the status of the controversial 340B drug program.

  • Medicare Advantage Report: Monitor Mondays national correspondent J. Paul Spencer continues to report on the vexing issue of Medicare Advantage. Spencer is a senior healthcare consultant for DoctorsManagement.

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