•Telehealth
Expansion of telehealth services must be sustained
The rapid growth and large-scale adoption of telehealth services over the past 18 months has allowed physicians to deliver a broad range of badly needed services to…
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CONNECT Act
Healthcare access, remote physical exams, rural and school health, reimbursement, clinical technology, and the evolving ways care can reach patients.
•CONNECT Act
CONNECT Act Reintroduced in Congress
WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 25, 2021)—Recently, legislation has been introduced in both the Senate and House of Representatives that would make various improvements to the provision of telehealth.…
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•Telehealth
Senators introduce bipartisan bill aimed at safeguarding rural telehealth access
Meanwhile, Oregon becomes the latest state to enact its own telehealth legislation. By Kat Jercich June 15, 2021 02:55 PM U.S. senators this past week introduced another…
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•Telehealth
Providers push Congress for permanent telehealth capabilities — pandemic’s ‘silver lining’
Long-term care stakeholders are looking forward to telehealth policies remaining a “very, very hot topic” in Congress during the COVID-19 public health emergency, and beyond. Service providers…
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•Telehealth
Connect for Health: What It Would and Wouldn’t Do for Telehealth Beyond the Pandemic
A bipartisan group of 50 Senators, led by Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI), introduced the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act of…
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•CONNECT Act
The CONNECT Act is Back, Giving Telehealth Policy a 4th Shot at Passage
The CONNECT for Health Act is back before Congress for a 4th time, and backers say the massive telehealth bill could cross the finish line this time…
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•Telehealth
Expanding telehealth is ‘worthwhile for everybody’
by: Theresa Flaherty – Friday, September 11, 2020 WASHINGTON – The Council for Quality Respiratory is throwing its support behind the CONNECT Act, a bill that would expand telehealth services for RTs, because it would also help to…
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•Blog
FCC Completes COVID-19 Telehealth Program Funding, Plans for Review
With the last of the COVID-19 Telehealth Program awards handed out, the Federal Communications Commission is ready to review the $200 million program’s effectiveness and move on…
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•Blog
Telehealth Beyond The Hospital
The industry of telehealth is expanding for many reasons, including increased access to technology, a demand for more affordable health services and the desire for convenient care.…
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•Blog
Gingrich & DeSantis: A health care revolution is coming – It could give you 24/7 access to a doctor
In Washington’s increasingly toxic atmosphere – filled with impeachment hearings, the jostling of the Democratic primary, and an obsession with trivial gaffes and scandal over substance –…
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•Blog
Legislation Re-Introduced to Expand Access to Telehealth Under Medicare
A bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation on October 30th designed to expand Medicare beneficiaries’ access to telehealth services. The bill is called the Creating Opportunities Now…
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•American Medical Association (AMA)
Federal law cripples telehealth in Medicare. New bill changes that.
What’s the news: A bipartisan Senate bill unveiled last week would make it easier for patients enrolled in Medicare to receive telehealth services from physicians. Digital health…
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Congress, Candidates and the White House Agree: Telehealth Is Policy to Get Behind
This week, a bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduced the long-awaited updated version of the CONNECT for Health Act, a bill that is likely to be the…
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New Telehealth Legislation Seeks to Expand Medicare Coverage
Removing geographic barriers and improving rural access are among the goals of CONNECT for Health Act of 2019, which has bipartisan Senate and House support. Support for…
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