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Sep 2, 2020 •Legislation

President Donald J. Trump Is Expanding Access to Telehealth Services and Ensuring Continued Access to Healthcare for Rural Americans

“Expanded access to medical care through telemedicine is essential to fighting the virus.” – President Donald J. Trump EXPANDING TELEHEALTH SERVICES: President Donald J. Trump is unleashing…

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Sep 2, 2020 •COVID-19 - Coronavirus

Trump Administration Proposes to Expand Telehealth Benefits Permanently for Medicare Beneficiaries Beyond the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency and Advances Access to Care in Rural Areas

Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule would make permanent certain telehealth and workforce flexibilities provided during the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency and improve healthcare for Americans in Rural…

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Sep 2, 2020 •Telehealth

Trump signs order aimed at boosting rural health care, telehealth

Trump’s announcement comes as his administration has rolled out multiple health care announcements in recent weeks. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday aimed at boosting…

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Aug 7, 2020 •Blog

CMS to Make Permanent COVID-19 Telehealth Rules, Hospice Role Uncertain

The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will be making permanent a number of the temporary flexibilities to expand telehealth that the agency implemented in…

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Aug 7, 2020 •Blog

3 Developments As Trump Orders Lasting Telehealth Changes

President Donald Trump on Monday ordered a potentially long-term extension of reimbursements for telehealth services that have exploded in popularity during the coronavirus pandemic and once again…

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Aug 7, 2020 •Blog

FCC Boosts Telehealth Funding in Effort to Aid Coronavirus Response

A Federal Communications Commission plan to spend $300 million on telehealth is the latest in a series of steps taken to aid Americans during the coronavirus pandemic.…

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Aug 7, 2020 •Blog

Trump administration throws additional support behind telehealth

President Donald Trump signed a new executive order Aug. 3 to expand access to telehealth services during the COVID-19 pandemic, notably in rural areas. The Trump administration also is…

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Jul 29, 2020 •Blog

HHS Extends Public Health Emergency; Allows Telehealth Waivers To Continue

The Secretary of Health and Human Services announced a renewal of the nationwide public health emergency (“PHE”) late on Thursday, July 23, 2020. The announcement came just…

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Jul 29, 2020 •American Medical Association (AMA)

AMA & other med groups express ‘dismay’ at prospect of waivers made permanent

Lots of industry groups want to see the temporary government waivers enacted early on during the COVID-19 public health emergency – the ones enabling the vast expansion…

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Jul 27, 2020 •Blog

7 THINGS TO CONSIDER WITH NEW TELEHEALTH LEGISLATION PROPOSED

Organizations and experts offer insights and predictions about what lies ahead post-COVID-19. KEY TAKEAWAYS Legislation proposed by the House addresses the most urgent priorities to permanently extend…

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Jul 21, 2020 •Blog

Trump directs federal agencies to make telehealth reforms ‘totally permanent’

President Donald Trump said telemedicine is a top priority for his administration and is working to make the temporary regulatory changes permanent during a July 16 news briefing. …

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Jul 17, 2020 •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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Jul 9, 2020 •Blog

Time for Policymakers, Hospitals to Bet Big on Home-Based Care

It’s time for policymakers, hospitals and everyone else at the health care roulette table to bet all their chips on proactive, pre-acute home-based care. During the coronavirus…

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Jul 9, 2020 •Blog

Hundreds of organisations request Congress takes urgent action on telehealth

340 organisations have signed a letter requesting Congressional leaders make telehealth flexibilities which have been created during the Covid-19 pandemic permanent. At the beginning of the Covid-19…

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Jul 2, 2020 •Blog

FCC Boosts Rural Health Program Funding to Support Telehealth Expansion

The Federal Communications Commission is adding almost $200 million to the Rural Health Care Program, giving providers more resources to expand broadband connectivity to support telehealth and…

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