The Equal Access to Care Act would allow licensed providers to use telehealth to treat patients in any location for up to 180 days after the end of the national COVID-19 emergency.
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Bill would allow telehealth visits anywhere for months after COVID-19 pandemic
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The Equal Access to Care Act would allow licensed providers to use telehealth to treat patients in any location for up to 180 days after the end of the national COVID-19 emergency. The new bill is currently before Congress and aims to allow providers free use of telehealth in the aftermath of the pandemic.
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Reducing risks of patients leaving against medical advice
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Patients who leave the hospital against medical advice are more likely than other patients to be readmitted to the hospital within 30 days, adding up to a sizable and costly problem, according to a study published June 11 in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Network Open.
 

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Q&A: Reporting COVID-19 with HIV ICD-10-CM
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Q: We have a patient that was admitted with sepsis due to COVID-19 who also has human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). How should we report this in ICD-10-CM, and which MS-DRG would this be assigned to?

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