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Feb 2, 2021 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) - Medicare

Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Expands Telehealth Coverage

The 2021 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) final rule recently released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) includes the addition of 60 new telehealth services that will…

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Feb 2, 2021 Telehealth

CMS Finalizes Telehealth Coverage and Reimbursement Changes in Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule

The Big Picture Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have dramatically—but temporarily—expanded coverage and reimbursement for…

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How In-Person, Telehealth Care Access Hybrid Promoted Health Equity

Feb 2, 2021 Telehealth

HHS Amends PREP Act Declaration, Including Expansion of Telehealth for COVID-19 Countermeasures

On December 3, 2020, HHS issued its fourth amendment to the Declaration for Medical Countermeasures Against COVID-19 under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP Act).…

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Feb 2, 2021 American Telemedicine Association (ATA)

ATA, HIMSS Lobby Congress to Extend Telehealth Freedoms Through ‘21

In a letter to Congressional leaders, several telehealth groups have asked that emergency measures enacted during the coronavirus pandemic be kept in place through 2021 as Congress…

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Feb 2, 2021 Telehealth

Permanent Expansion of Telehealth Services – A Silver Lining?

As of December 1, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has permanently expanded the number of telehealth services available to Medicare beneficiaries and enrollees as…

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Jan 28, 2021 Telehealth

Why Telehealth and Continuous Remote Patient Monitoring Has Staying Power Beyond COVID-19

The spread of COVID-19 has caused an explosion in telehealth consultation and is catalyzing the use of remote patient monitoring (RPM) thanks to an acceleration of reimbursement from commercial and government health insurers (payers) during the pandemic. Look no further…

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Jan 28, 2021 COVID-19 - Coronavirus

Relief bill provisions complicate care for homebound patients

The $900 billion COVID-19 relief bill signed into law by President Trump Dec. 27 offers Medicare coverage for telemental health and rural hospitals and funding for broadband connectivity, but…

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Jan 28, 2021 Telehealth

FCC Requests Public Comments for $250M COVID-19 Telehealth Program Round 2 Fund Distribution

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 Program;…

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Jan 28, 2021 COVID-19 - Coronavirus

The Future of Care Demands a Virtual Health Ecosystem

It’s no secret that telehealth use skyrocketed in the early stages of COVID-19 as both patients and health systems sought to minimize the risk of transmitting the…

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Jan 28, 2021 COVID-19 - Coronavirus

Seismic Shifts Occurring in Care Delivery

The COVID-19 pandemic abruptly shifted our ideas about what is possible at home. Many people continue to work from home, others switched to virtual school, and the…

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Jan 28, 2021 Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

FCC gets $250M to relaunch COVID-19 telehealth program, seeks public input

The FCC is seeking advice on how to distribute the second round of its COVID-19 telehealth program, which recently received an additional $249.95 million in funds. The additional funding…

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Jan 28, 2021 COVID-19 - Coronavirus

HHS expands COVID-19 public health emergency until April, preserving key telehealth flexibilities

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has extended the public health emergency surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic until April, extending key waivers for regulations on a…

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Jan 27, 2021 Telehealth

Telehealth Congressional Support Letter

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 chronic…

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Jan 27, 2021 COVID-19 - Coronavirus

Telehealth Practice Among Health Centers During the COVID-19 Pandemic — United States, July 11–17, 2020

Weekly / December 18, 2020 / 69(50);1902–1905 Hanna B. Demeke, PhD1; Leah Zilversmit Pao, PhD1; Hollie Clark, MPH1; Lisa Romero, DrPH1; Antonio Neri, MD1; Rhea Shah, MPH2; Kendra…

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Jan 26, 2021 Telehealth

Relief Bill Revamps COVID-19 Telehealth Program

The most recent COVID-19 relief bill that was signed into law in December includes $250 million in new funding for the federal COVID-19 Telehealth Program, previously discussed here. The…

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