{"id":27077,"date":"2020-04-14T14:33:36","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T14:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.mtelehealth.com\/?p=27077"},"modified":"2020-04-14T14:33:36","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T14:33:36","slug":"cms-gives-doctors-more-telehealth-flexibility-postpones-et3-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drmiltie.com\/at-home-testing\/cms-gives-doctors-more-telehealth-flexibility-postpones-et3-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"CMS Gives Doctors More Telehealth Flexibility, Postpones ET3 Launch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is relaxing the telehealth rules again so that providers can practice at the top of their license; the agency is also postponing its new mHealth program for EMS providers to the fall.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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April 13, 2020 – The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is suspending more regulations tied to telehealth during the Coromavirus pandemic, giving healthcare providers more freedom to use connected health services to treat patients remotely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a separate announcement, CMS postponed the launch of an innovative mHealth program for first responders \u2013 known as the ET3 Model \u2013 from May first until sometime this fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The changes announced last week focus on supervision and certification requirements across a wide range of healthcare sites, giving doctors, nurses and other care providers and freedom to work at the top of their license. They expand on changes announced on March 30 and will remain in place only for as long as the nation is in a state of emergency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a Thursday night emergency declaration<\/a>, CMS announced that, retroactive to March 1:<\/p>\n\n\n\n