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DEA and HHS push off new telemedicine prescribing rules to end-of-year

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The Alliance for Connected Care asked U.S. THE LARGER TREND Congress and telehealth industry groups have urged the DEA and HHS to jointly extend prescribing flexibilities allowed under the original COVID-19 public health emergency since it was initially set to expire.

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DEA plans to create a special telehealth registration for prescribers

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" The Alliance for Connected Care said in a statement that it is "very concerned to see language in the proposed rulemaking mandating what portion of patient care can be offered through telemedicine" and deemed it an inappropriate guardrail. Email: afox@himss.org Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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Congress should include telehealth in year-end funding, say ATA, HIMSS

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The American Telemedicine Association, the Connected Health Initiative and other industry groups issued a letter to Congress on Friday urging legislators to extend temporary telehealth flexibilities until the end of 2021. WHY IT MATTERS. That flexibility, in turn, shed light on how arbitrary some of those restrictions were.

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As 'telehealth cliff' looms, hundreds of healthcare orgs urge Congress to act

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If they don't act before the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency, the groups said, Medicare beneficiaries "will lose access to virtual care options which have become a lifeline to many." "Unfortunately, this progress is in jeopardy," they wrote.

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CONNECT for Health Act reintroduced, would expand telehealth access

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A bipartisan group comprising half of U.S. senators has reintroduced the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act of 2021. The CONNECT Act would aim to answer at least some of those questions, at least where Medicare is concerned.

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Bipartisan House bill would enshrine telehealth rule changes, enable wider use

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The legislation seeks to push forward with wider access to and use of telehealth – even beyond this public health emergency with its numerous waivers, allowances and temporary rule changes. The bill was immediately greeted with enthusiastic approval from a chorus of healthcare industry groups. THE LARGER TREND.

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ATA takes a national stance on how states treat consumer health data

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State laws and policies should also define consumer health data with the uniform language defined as protected health information under HIPAA, the group said in its announcement this week. Email: afox@himss.org Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. " Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.