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April 4, 2024

Partnership HealthPlan of California Engages ConferMED to Provide Specialty eConsult Access for Vulnerable Northern Californians

Middletown, Conn., April 4, 2024 – ConferMED™, a leading national provider of specialty eConsults, is pleased to announce its collaboration with Partnership HealthPlan of California. Partnership, an innovative, nonprofit, community-based public health care organization, contracts with the state of California to administer Medi-Cal benefits through local care providers, ensuring access to comprehensive, cost-effective health care […]

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February 2019

AMA Article: How these 4 specialties used telemedicine to save nearly $600,000

The American Medical Association features CeCN’s cost-saving model. Andis Robeznieks Senior News Writer American Medical Association The Connecticut Medicaid program saved almost $579,000 after a federally qualified health center with 200 locations across the state instituted a program where, in some instances, electronic consultations were used instead of a referral for a face-to-face visit to […]

August 2016

Community Health Center, Inc. Brings Specialty Consultations To School-Based Health Centers in Remote Regions of New Mexico

$1.1 million federal award recognizes CHC’s Technology-Focused Expertise in Primary Care MIDDLETOWN, Conn: Community Health Center, Inc. (CHC) has been awarded $1.1 million under the federal HRSA Telehealth Network Grant Program to implement a telehealth network serving school-based health centers in rural New Mexico. CHC and its research arm, the Weitzman Institute, were selected based […]

August 2016

Weitzman Institute Study Demonstrates Electronic Consults Improve Access to Cardiac Care for the Underserved

Newly Published Research Shows Positive Results From Community Health Center’s Groundbreaking Use of eConsults MIDDLETOWN, Conn., March 9, 2016: Electronic consultations improve access to and timeliness of referrals for cardiac care for underserved populations, according to a study published this month in the Annals of Family Medicine. Organized and conducted by Community Health Center’s Weitzman […]

March 2016

CT providers wins Medicaid reimbursement for telehealth program

Federally qualified health centers in Connecticut will receive Medicaid reimbursement for a telemedicine program that provides specialist consults to underserved populations, Middletown’s Community Health Center announced. The approval for the socalled eConsults program is notable because Connecticut is one of the only states where Medicaid doesn’t reimburse telemedicine services. The approval came from the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), which regulates Medicaid reimbursements. “We found eConsults effective at increasing […]

March 2016

CMS Approves Medicaid Reimbursement for eConsults in Connecticut

MIDDLETOWN, Conn: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) have approved payment by Medicaid to federally qualified health centers in Connecticut for electronic consultations (eConsults) with medical specialists, giving the state’s medically underserved population greater access to expert care. Connecticut is the first state in the nation to obtain Medicaid reimbursements for eConsults. “This is good […]

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