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Frequently Asked Questions Regarding ICD-10-CM Coding for COVID-19

Questions and answers jointly developed and approved by the AHA’s Central Office on ICD-10-CM/PCS and the American Health Information Management Association, including pneumonia icd10 and dizziness icd10.
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Fact Sheet: Telehealth

Telehealth connects patients to vital health care services through videoconferencing, remote monitoring, electronic consults and wireless communications. By increasing access to physicians and specialists, telehealth helps ensure patients receive the right care, at the right place, at the right time.

Fact Sheet: AHA Priorities for Budget Reconciliation Package to Support America’s Hospitals and Health Systems

It is imperative that Congress invest in America’s hospitals and health systems to ensure that the nation’s health care needs can be met today and into the future. The AHA supports investments in infrastructure, such as the health care workforce, behavioral health, the accessibility and affordability of health care coverage, emergency preparedness and the health care supply chain, telehealth and cybersecurity, among other areas.

Fact Sheet: Federal Support Needed to Expand and Modernize Health Care Digital and Data Infrastructure

The AHA urges Congress and the Biden Administration to prioritize investment in broadband, telehealth and cybersecurity to ensure all patients have secure, sustained, equitable access to care using digital and information technologies. Hospitals, health systems and government agencies also require modernized data systems to better identify and respond to issues that affect health equity, racial and ethnic disparities, the quality of health care delivery, and public health responses.
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Fact Sheet: Making Telehealth Flexibilities Permanent: Legislation or Regulation?

A list that represents what actions would be necessary to maintain or extend telehealth flexibilities that were implemented during the COVID-19 public health emergency.
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Fact Sheet: The Future of Telehealth - Protecting Patient Access to Care

Telehealth connects patients to vital health care services through videoconferencing, remote monitoring, electronic consults and wireless communications.

Telehealth Fact Sheet

In 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services expanded Medicare coverage for virtual services and the agency provides waivers in some alternative payment models, but more fundamental change is needed to expand payment to all geographic areas and all services that are safe to provide via telehealth.
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AHA Fact Sheet: Implementing the Unique Device Identifier

Implementing the Unique Device Identifier Fact Sheet
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OCR Fact Sheet: Ransomware and HIPAA

Guidance from the Office of Civil Rights
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2012 Most Wired Survey Fact Sheet

This fact sheet summarizes the finding from the 2012 Most Wired survey results.