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Telehealth Monitoring, Research and Evaluation: Issues for State Medicaid Agencies to Consider
The use of telehealth increased exponentially in 2020 and 2021 as health care providers and patients responded to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) estimated…
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Congress Urged to Make Telehealth Access Permanent
Telehealth Access for America wrote a letter urging Congress to recognize the value of virtual care and the need to protect it. Telehealth Access for America (TAFA),…
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HHS: How the End of the PHE Will Impact Telehealth Flexibilities
May 11, 2023 – Today marks the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), bringing changes to telehealth flexibilities enacted amid the pandemic. On May 11, the Department…
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HHS-OIG Releases Toolkit for Assessing Telehealth Billing Risks
May 02, 2023 – A newly released federal toolkit aims to help healthcare stakeholders analyze their telehealth claims data to assess program integrity risks. Released last week by the US Department…
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Two Weeks’ Notice for the Public Health Emergency: What’s Next for Telehealth
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced its plan to end the Federal Public Health Emergency (PHE) for COVID-19 on May 11, 2023. Due to…
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HHS OIG Releases Telehealth HHS OIG Toolkit
HHS OIG has said that during 2020, the use of telehealth services increased dramatically, with Medicare beneficiaries using 88 times more telehealth services in that year than…
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What to expect now that we’re expecting: What the end of the public health emergency means for healthcare providers Part 2: Guidance on telehealth
I. Introduction On January 30, 2023, the Biden Administration announced its plan to end the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) on May 11, 2023. As discussed here, the PHE declarations…
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CMS Waivers, Flexibilities, and the Transition Forward from the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
Feb 27, 2023 Based on current COVID-19 trends, the Department of Health and Human Services is planning for the federal Public Health Emergency for COVID-19 (PHE), declared under…
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American Hospital Association voices support for telehealth expansion bill
Jeff Lagasse, Associate Editor The American Hospital Association has come out in support of bipartisan legislation, introduced in the House of Representatives, that would require the Department of Health and Human…
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AHA backs telehealth expansion bill
Noah Schwartz – Friday, February 24th, 2023 The American Hospital Association is backing legislation that would require the HHS, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission to…
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DEA Announces Proposed Rules for Permanent Telemedicine Flexibilities
WASHINGTON – Today, the Drug Enforcement Administration announced proposed permanent rules for the prescribing of controlled medications via telemedicine, expanding patient access to critical therapies beyond the scheduled…
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President Biden Signs End-of-Year Legislation Including Telehealth, Medicare & Medicaid, Mental Health, Pandemic Preparedness, And Other Health Care Provisions
30 January 2023 by Stacie Heller (New York) , Troy Barsky (Washington, DC), Jodi G. Daniel (Washington, DC) and Allison Kwon (New York) Crowell & Moring Key Takeaways On December 29, President Joe Biden signed…
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