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cord-285277-8w03car3	Hare, Nathan	COVID-19: Unmasking Telemedicine.	2020-06-27		.txt	text/plain	6010	364	54	Abstract Telemedicine adoption has rapidly accelerated since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.1 Telemedicine provides increased access to medical care and helps to mitigate risk by conserving personal protective equipment and providing for social/physical distancing in order to continue to treat patients with a variety of allergic and immunologic conditions. Committee established a Telemedicine Work Group (TWG) to review multiple aspects of 107 telemedicine including utility, adoption procedures, billing, security, electronic medical record 108 (EMR) integration, education, and state specific issues. The opportunity cost of non-reimbursed or under-reimbursed care 289 has been a major barrier to telemedicine implementation and prior to COVID-19 prevented 290 many physicians and health systems from offering potentially valuable telemedicine services to 291 their patients. (CMS) has historically placed strict limits on criteria for telemedicine reimbursement, requiring 307 patients receiving telemedicine services to reside in a rural area and travel to a designated 308 health center to receive facilitated care via a synchronous live video link.	./cache/cord-285277-8w03car3.txt	./txt/cord-285277-8w03car3.txt