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Day 2
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Friday, July 27, 2012
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7:00 am -
8:00 am
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8:00 am -
8:05 am
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8:05 am -
8:45 am
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8:45 am -
9:30 am
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9:30 am -
10:15 am
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Legal Requirements of Telemedicine: Reducing Risks and Minimizing Exposure Through Regulation |
- An analysis of the “practice of medicine" using telemedicine
- The nuances of licensure and discipline within virtual care models
- A variety of law issues to be considered when launching a telemedicine department
- Telemedicine and specialization: Understanding the different requirements required of each sub-specialty
- Examination of tort liability and informed consent
- Reducing liability by ensuring confidentiality
- Determining what services qualify for reimbursement
- Scope of practice restrictions
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Carl F. Ameringer, PhD, JD
Professor of Health Policy and Politics, Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs, Affiliate Professor, Department of Health Administration, School of Allied Health Professions
Virginia Commonwealth University
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Joseph P. McMenamin
Partner
McGuireWoods, LLP
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10:15 am -
10:45 am
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10:45 am -
11:30 am
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11:30 am -
12:15 pm
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Social Media and Telemedicine: Friends or Foes? |
- Exploring the impact of social media in the medical domain
- Recent case studies in which social media has been used as a form of telemedicine
- Examination of legal cases that have emerged within social media and telemedicine
- Applications that augment the doctor-physician therapeutic relationship
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Francisco J. Grajales III
Vice-Chairman, International Medical Informatics Association,Social Media Working Group;
Doctoral Fellow, Health Care, Technology and Place, Department of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto
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12:15 pm -
1:15 pm
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1:15 pm -
2:30 pm
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KEYNOTE PANEL DISCUSSION: Connecting with the Underserved: mHealth Experiences with Medicaid |
- Share the implementation of mHealth models from the federal, state and local health plan perspectives
- Outline initiatives underway that utilize mHealth tools and applications for population health and chronic disease management
- Discuss successes, challenges and the future wave of implementing mHealth technologies to deliver improved coordinated care
- Identify key integration points of mHealth platforms in the health plan technology environment
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Jay Feldstein, DO
President, Pennsylvania Managed Care Plans
Regional President, Northern Division
AmeriHealth Mercy
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| Additional Panelists: TBD |
**Co-Located with 4th Annual mHealth World Congress |
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2:30 pm -
3:15 pm
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Prescribing in the Age of Telemedicine |
- Physician-patient relationship: How is this established?
- What states allow for an examination to take place electronically?
- 12 States say an examination electronically is permitted
- The remaining states say that you have to have an in-person physical
- The physical examination requirement has left many questions to be
- What will be the long term results?
- MISINFORMATION!
- Example: Big insurance companies are now reimbursing for telemedicine
- Why is this occurring? What are insurance companies reimbursing for?
- Results: Confusion within the telemedicine community on what is considered
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Christa Natoli
Program Manager
The Center for Telehealth and e-Health Law (CTeL)
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3:15 pm
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