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Apr 13, 2020 •Blog

Lawmakers Seek $2B to Boost Broadband for Coronavirus Telehealth Services

The Healthcare Broadband Expansion During COVID-19 Act, introduced on Friday, would set aside $2 billion for the FCC to improve broadband connectivity for telehealth programs taking on…

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Apr 13, 2020 •Blog

CMS payment policies & regulatory flexibilities during COVID-19 emergency

The AMA has been working constantly with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to identify issues arising due to COVID-19 and to recommend specific actions…

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Apr 13, 2020 •Blog

Updated Telehealth Summary: Telehealth During COVID-19 National Emergency LinkedIn

On March 30, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced an additional expansion of telehealth services,[1] widening provider access to its 62 million Medicare…

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Apr 13, 2020 •Blog

3 Telehealth Lessons Learned from COVID-19 Pandemic

Although the concept of telehealth has existed for decades, it’s been relatively slow to catch on. Getting patients to feel comfortable with the idea of online care—and…

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Apr 13, 2020 •Blog

Barriers to Telehealth Continue to Fall After CARES Act and Other Federal and State Actions

As we’ve previously discussed on the blog, telehealth is playing a critical role in delivering care during the COVID-19 pandemic. Both Congress and states continue to take action to…

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Apr 13, 2020 •Blog

Inverting the Model – How COVID-19 Turned Telehealth Literally Inside-Out

Telehealth is not new to healthcare. Indeed, it can trace its roots to well before World War II with the availability of field telephones to provide a…

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Apr 13, 2020 •Blog

FCC Releases Guidance for New $200M COVID-19 Telehealth Program

The FCC has released a guidance document describing how healthcare providers can apply for money from a $200 million fund created to help them improve telehealth and…

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Apr 13, 2020 •Blog

FCC Uses COVID-19 Emergency Funds for Telehealth in Low-Income Areas

The Federal Communications Commission said last week that it will use $200 million of COVID-19 funding from Congress to provide telehealth resources in low-income communities that lack…

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Apr 13, 2020 •Blog

CMS Approves $34B in Medicare Payment Advances for 17,000 Providers

“Health care providers are making massive financial sacrifices to care for the influx of coronavirus patients,” CMS administrator Seema Verma said in a statement. “Many are rightly…

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Apr 13, 2020 •Blog

$2B Coronavirus Bill Would Expand FCC’s Telehealth Toolkit

A pair of House lawmakers introduced legislation Friday that would give the Federal Communications Commission $2 billion to expand a broadband subsidy program for health care providers amid the…

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Apr 13, 2020 •Blog

Op-ed: To protect the most vulnerable from coronavirus, we must reimagine medicine

“I have heart disease, and I am scared. For years, doctor’s visits and medication have kept me alive. However, now I am afraid if I go to…

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Apr 13, 2020 •Blog

COVID-19 response plan addresses unique challenges for rural hospitals and health systems

Major metropolitan areas such as New York, Seattle, and Detroit have dominated news of the COVID-19 outbreak, but rural hospitals and health care systems must also prepare…

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Apr 7, 2020 •Blog

More Telehealth, Less Red Tape: What Agencies Should Know About CMS’s Home Health Changes

The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) took “unprecedented” action to reduce red tape for home health care agencies and other Medicare providers on Monday.…

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Apr 7, 2020 •Blog

CMS Further Expands Telehealth Coverage Amid COVID-19 Measures

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid will further expand Medicare coverage of telehealth services and care as one of several moves the agency is making to increase…

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Apr 7, 2020 •Blog

New CMS Waivers Intended To Help U.S. Healthcare System Address COVID-19 Pandemic

On March 30, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the enactment of numerous temporary regulatory waivers and new rules intended to enable health…

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