•Blog
Acute Inpatient PPS
{prefix}posts Learn What’s New for FY 2024 CMS issued FY 2024 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System (LTCH PPS) final rules to update…
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CARES ACT
Healthcare access, remote physical exams, rural and school health, reimbursement, clinical technology, and the evolving ways care can reach patients.
•Blog
Bipartisan bill would ensure continued access to telehealth services
{prefix}posts Consumers with health saving accounts and high-deducible health plans would be able to continue to access telehealth services without having to meet their minimum deductible under legislation reintroduced…
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•Rural Health Clinics (RHCs)
Regulations Open Doors for Telehealth Services in FQHCs
{prefix}posts Make sure your facility is aware of all the Medicare policy changes that permit payment for expanded services. Telehealth as a healthcare delivery platform has been…
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•Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
FCC Closes Out Connected Care Pilot With $30M in New Grants
{prefix}posts 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…
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•Blog
Many Groups Call on Congress to Expand Telehealth Flexibilities
{prefix}posts More than 400 advocacy groups are calling for Congress to act quickly to permanently expand flexibilities for telehealth that could go away after the end of…
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•Telehealth
Senate Bill Would Extend Telehealth Flexibilities Beyond Pandemic
{prefix}posts A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators have reintroduced the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act of 2021. If enacted…
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•Telehealth
As ‘telehealth cliff’ looms, hundreds of healthcare orgs urge Congress to act
{prefix}posts More than 400 healthcare and technology organizations are calling on Capitol Hill to eliminate arbitrary restrictions while helping FQHCs and critical access hospitals offer wider access to…
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•Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
FCC moves forward with $250M telehealth program with a focus on equitable distribution
{prefix}posts The Federal Communications Commission this week unanimously approved a process for distributing nearly $250 million to help healthcare providers deliver telehealth services. The second round of funding (PDF)…
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•Telehealth
Washington is Awash in New and Reintroduced Telehealth Bills
{prefix}posts 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…
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•Telehealth
Trump, Congress Give New Life to FCC’s COVID-19 Telehealth Program
{prefix}posts 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…
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•Telehealth
FCC Requests Public Comments for $250M COVID-19 Telehealth Program Round 2 Fund Distribution
{prefix}posts The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Wireline Competition Bureau announced Wednesday that it is requesting public comment for Round 2 distribution of an additional $249.95 million for its COVID-19 Telehealth…
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•Telehealth
Telehealth Congressional Support Letter
{prefix}posts December 9, 2020 Dear Majority Leader McConnell, Minority Leader Schumer, Speaker Pelosi, and Minority LeaderMcCarthy: The undersigned organizations represent millions of individuals facing serious, acute and…
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Omnibus Appropriations Package – 15 Key Provisions for Healthcare Providers
{prefix}posts Passed by Congress Dec. 21, 2020, and signed by President Donald Trump Dec. 27, 2020, the $1.4 trillion omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (H.R. 133), includes…
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•COVID-19 - Coronavirus
Don’t Lose Focus on Your Compliance with Important COVID-19 Requirements
{prefix}posts The HHS Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) published its intent to review some key measures the Federal government made in response to COVID-19. Those key measures include the…
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•Telehealth
Telehealth Services Will Transform Access and Quality of Healthcare
{prefix}posts There may never be a better time for your medical practice to start developing its telemedicine portfolio. Recently, the federal government has made it easier for…
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