Integrating Telemedicine in your Practice

Empire Medical Training’s “Integrating Telemedicine in your Practice” course offers an unbiased viewpoint of the fastest growing segment of medicine. Telemedicine can help improve access to care for your patients, can help provide better health care, and provides an on-demand resource for your patients. IF these reasons are not enough to integrate Telemedicine, know also that Physician providers of Telemedicine are also increasing their practice revenue, reducing practice overhead, and improving their work and personal Lifestyle. Physicians from around the nation have developed thriving new practices using Telemedicine and the additional reach and power that Telemedicine provides. To reap these same benefits, you must fully understand the inner workings of Telemedicine and understand how to be compliant with your Board of Medicine as well as with Medicare and other Insurers. There are many guidelines and strategies for achieving success with Telemedicine and that is the design of this course.

Telemedicine

Empire has designed this instructional course for practitioners to review all of the latest technologies available to assist in blending telemedicine within a present practice as well as presenting the various rules and regulation to achieve this integration.  In particular, Empire will educate the attendee on the following considerations to successfully integrate telemedicine in your practice:

• Licensing & Credentialing Requirements for regulatory bodies (FDA & CMS)
• Regulatory Obligation
• Different States (practice to patient)
• State Board of Medicine Permissions – initial requirements
• Other Regulatory Obligations and Privilege (hospital credentialing etc.)
• HIPAA Privacy and Security (employee and software/technologies requirements)
• Technology Requirements & Integration Considerations
• Staff Training
• Ancillary Diagnostic Devices
• Integration with present EMR and Workflows
• Billing and Coding
• Facility Fees and Professional Fees
• Location Billing Services – Reimbursement Scales
• Marketing Essentials
• Patient Onboarding
• Getting Patients to utilize new telemedicine services
• Promoting the Advantages of Telemedicine to Patients

Telemedicine

Upon completion of this program, attendees will have a thorough understanding of the following concepts:

• Acquire the necessary understanding of including telemedicine and telehealth can do for your medical practice and patients to enhance care.
• Understand the immediate benefits and possible pitfalls incorporating telemedicine procedures.  Review federal guidelines and insurance regulations in regards to out-of-state physicians performing telemedicine services.
• Review latest telemedicine technologies and software, HIPPA requirements, and integration and compatibility with various EMR software.  Ranking of most popular types of telemedicine software and expected costs.
• Gain a full understanding of the limitations of telemedicine and telehealth including billing, lower reimbursement for rural areas – the reimbursement rates are associated where the patients are and not necessarily where your practice resides.  
• Understand the various compliance issues for our-of-state physicians in relation to employee training, prescribing, and limitations of procedures.  Learn the most common forms of telemedicine and telehealth presently being utilized.
• Review the other ancillary technologies presently being used for diagnostic purposes in telemedicine and telehealth applications in substitution of the physical exam requirement.
• Review the possible capital cost requirements, patient onboarding issues, and investment of time and efforts in creating this new profit center.
• Acquire the necessary product information, pricing and marketing strategies associated with the procedure. Discuss specific marketing techniques to help promote and position yourself as a leader in telemedicine services and how to grow these services outside your present market area.