{"id":28317,"date":"2020-07-27T14:36:31","date_gmt":"2020-07-27T14:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.mtelehealth.com\/?p=28317"},"modified":"2020-07-27T14:36:31","modified_gmt":"2020-07-27T14:36:31","slug":"7-things-to-consider-with-new-telehealth-legislation-proposed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drmiltie.com\/at-home-testing\/7-things-to-consider-with-new-telehealth-legislation-proposed\/","title":{"rendered":"7 THINGS TO CONSIDER WITH NEW TELEHEALTH LEGISLATION PROPOSED"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Organizations and experts offer insights and predictions about what lies ahead post-COVID-19.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

KEY TAKEAWAYS<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Legislation proposed by the House addresses the most urgent priorities to permanently extend telehealth waivers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clinical appropriateness, payment, and fraud are among the topics that will be explored during the next phase of telehealth expansion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Incentives to invest in technology, licensure to practice across state lines, and increasing broadband access also need to be addressed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As calls for a permanent extension of emergency telehealth waivers echo in the nation’s Capitol, last week members of the House Telehealth Caucus introduced the bipartisan Protecting Access to Post-COVID-19 Telehealth Act<\/em>. The legislation “seeks to expand the use of telehealth beyond the current national health crisis, including permanently eliminating obsolete geographic originating site restrictions,” according to the American Telemedicine Association<\/a><\/strong>(ATA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As this legislative initiative moves forward, what do health systems, hospitals, and providers need to consider? Seema Verma, administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS); ATA; the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society<\/a><\/strong> (HIMSS); and experts at other organizations are weighing in with insights and predictions. Here’s a look at the current zeitgeist:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. IS THE PROPOSED HOUSE LEGISLATION ENOUGH?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The proposed legislation addresses most priorities outlined in a June 29 letter to Congress<\/a><\/strong> signed by the ATA and 340 national and regional organizations last month, urging Congress to make telehealth flexibilities created during the COVID-19 pandemic permanent, according to a statement issued by the telehealth association. These priorities include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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