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Mar 9, 2021 •Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) - Medicare

Telehealth Update: Extension of the Public Health Emergency, OIG Workplan Updates, and the Protecting Access to Post-COVID 19 Telehealth Act

As we’ve discussed in previous posts, since the beginning of the pandemic, telehealth providers have seen a dramatic increase in demand for their services along with a…

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Mar 9, 2021 •Telehealth

Capitol’s bipartisan bill authorizes $50M to ramp up telehealth services at nursing homes

Bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) aims to protect older Americans living in nursing homes from risking exposure to the coronavirus by increasing…

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Mar 9, 2021 •aTouchAway

How to Improve Patient Care with Remote Patient Monitoring Solutions

Remote healthcare has taken big leaps forward over the past year, spurred on equally by new technologies and the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The biggest winners:…

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Mar 4, 2021 •Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

FCC Tees Up Broadband and Telehealth Updates for First Meeting under Acting Chairwoman Rosenworcel

The FCC released the agenda for its next Open Meeting, scheduled for February 17, 2021, which will be the first with Acting Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel at the helm.…

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Mar 4, 2021 •Telehealth

Senators Capito, Klobuchar introduce legislation to enhance telehealth support for seniors during pandemic

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WHSV) — West Virginia Senator Shelley Moore Capito and Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar have reintroduced legislation to enhance telehealth support for seniors and increase access…

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Mar 3, 2021 •Blog

Remote patient monitoring is not the “future.” It’s the “now.”

Every patient who could benefit should be armed with the sophisticated and validated technologies currently available to monitor key biometrics at home to alert patients and their…

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Mar 2, 2021 •COVID-19 - Coronavirus

The Home health landrush: Getting ahead in a complex market

Few people question whether care delivery will continue to migrate out of the hospital into new settings such as the home. The better question is, what services…

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Mar 2, 2021 •Telehealth

OIG to Audit Telehealth Services Provided During Pandemic by Part B and Home Health Providers

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently updated its 2021 Work Plan in January to include audits of Medicare Part B and home health telehealth…

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Mar 2, 2021 •Telehealth

Telehealth Update: Extension of the Public Health Emergency, OIG Workplan Updates, and the Protecting Access to Post-COVID 19 Telehealth Act

As we’ve discussed in previous posts, since the beginning of the pandemic, telehealth providers have seen a dramatic increase in demand for their services along with a…

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Feb 19, 2021 •Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) - Medicare

Biden Administration Inherits Slew of Medicare Regulatory Changes

The Trump administration enacted 244 Medicare regulatory changes during the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving Biden with a slew of policies to reconsider or make permanent. By Jacqueline LaPointe January…

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Feb 15, 2021 •Telehealth

Will FCC’s Emergency Broadband Benefit Program Boost Telehealth?

A $3.2 billion program spun out of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 aims to help low-income and underserved communities gain access to broadband services – and…

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Feb 15, 2021 •Telehealth

Washington is Awash in New and Reintroduced Telehealth Bills

In advance of the next session of Congress, lawmakers are scrambling to file new bills or resubmit old bills that aim to expand telehealth access and coverage…

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Feb 2, 2021 •Telehealth

Trump, Congress Give New Life to FCC’s COVID-19 Telehealth Program

The relief bill signed into law this past weekend by President Trump includes $250 million for the Federal Communications Commission’s COVID-19 Telehealth Program, which was shut down…

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Feb 2, 2021 •Telehealth

U.S. Lawmakers Reintroduce House Bill to Safeguard Telehealth Access

Tuesday, January 26th, 2021 WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 26, 2021)—Rep. Mike Thompson (D-California), founder and co-chair of the Congressional Telehealth Caucus, along with caucus Co-Chairs Reps. Peter Welch…

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Feb 2, 2021 •Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC)

MedPAC may recommend pilot coverage for telehealth post-PHE

The impetus to provide more Medicare coverage of telehealth may prove irresistible, but the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) has some reservations, including that telehealth payment rates…

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