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Mar 23, 2022 •Blog

Telehealth Update: A Federal Appropriations Bill, A Positive OIG Report, and Good News from HHS

Last week saw a lot of great news in the world of telehealth. On March 15, President Biden signed into law H.R. 2471, the “Consolidated Appropriations Act,…

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Mar 23, 2022 •Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

FCC Closes Out Connected Care Pilot With $30M in New Grants

Sixteen new projects have been selected to receive the funding in the last round of the program established in 2020 to support the advancement of connected care.…

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Mar 23, 2022 •Federal Agencies

FCC ANNOUNCES FINAL GROUP OF APPROVED PROJECTS FOR CONNECTED CARE PILOT PROGRAM

Program Will Support Connected Care Services Across Country, Focus on Low-Income and Veteran Patients — WASHINGTON, March 16, 2022—Today, the Federal Communications Commission announced its fourth…

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Mar 18, 2022 •Blog

Congress Extends Telehealth Flexibilities: 7 Things You Need to Know

The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (the Act), was passed by the U.S. House and Senate on March 9th and 10th, 2022, and signed into law by the President on March…

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Mar 12, 2022 •Blog

New Bill Aims to Extend Acute Hospital Care at Home Waiver

A bill introduced in the Senate aims to extend CMS‘ Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver for two years after the COVID-19 public health emergency reaches an…

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Mar 3, 2022 •Blog

CMS-Supported Telehealth Will Continue To Be A Driving Force – But Watch for Greater OIG Enforcement

As mindsets pivoted to a post-pandemic life, telehealth advocates petitioned CMS to embrace telehealth as a permanent care option, and CMS responded with regulatory action at the…

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Mar 3, 2022 •Blog

Congress Considers Extending Medicare Telehealth Flexibilities

During the COVID-19 pandemic, HHS has allowed numerous telehealth flexibilities across Medicare and Medicaid, making it possible for patients to receive care remotely from their homes and…

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Mar 1, 2022 •Blog

Using Hospital-At-Home Services to Lower Readmissions, Increase Capacity

A safety-net health system leveraged its home hospital program, launched a few months before the Omicron surge, to bring acute care to patients and alleviate capacity challenges.…

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Feb 27, 2022 •Blog

FCC Seeks Reforms to Rural Health Care Program

The FCC is requesting public comment on proposed reforms to the Rural Health Care Program to “promote program efficiency and ensure that rural healthcare providers receive appropriate…

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Feb 12, 2022 •American Telemedicine Association (ATA)

Washington gets more pressure on telehealth reform

A bipartisan bill has been introduced to expand telehealth access for two years. Hundreds of advocates are calling on Congress to ensure permanent access. Healthcare advocates have…

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Dec 21, 2021 •Blog

FCC AWARDS ADDITIONAL $42.7 MILLION IN ROUND 2 OF COVID-19 TELEHEALTH PROGRAM

COVID-19 TELEHEALTH PROGRAM WASHINGTON, December 21, 2021—The Federal Communications Commission today approved an additional 68 applications for funding commitments totaling $42,702,383 for Round 2 of its COVID-19…

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Dec 13, 2021 •Blog

CMS Announces Update to the State Medicaid & CHIP Telehealth Toolkit

Last week the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced it was releasing a supplement to its toolkit “State Medicaid & CHIP Telehealth Toolkit: Policy Considerations for States Expanding Use…

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Nov 22, 2021 •Blog

TELEHEALTH 201: Medicaid Telehealth Policy

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Nov 22, 2021 •Blog

TELEHEALTH 201: Medicare Telehealth Coverage

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Nov 9, 2021 •Blog

WIRELINE COMPETITION BUREAU COMPLETES INITIAL PHASE OF COVID-19 TELEHEALTH PROGRAM ROUND 2 AWARDS AND COMMENCES TEN-DAY RESUBMISSION PERIOD

75 Health Care Providers Receive Critical Support for Telehealth and Connected Care Services in the Initial Phase WC Docket No. 20-89 Today, the Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau)…

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