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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MARCH 10, 2022
House of Representatives approved an omnibus spending bill late Wednesday night that extends temporary telehealth flexibilities under Medicare beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. Senate, several COVID-19-era telehealth policies will remain in place for about five months after the public health emergency ends. WHY IT MATTERS.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
NOVEMBER 10, 2020
Prepare Now for Anticipated Changes to Medicare and Private Payer Rules. ” While the AMA and many others are advocating for continued support of telehealth post-pandemic, healthcare providers and practice leaders should anticipate and prepare for a return to more standardized regulation after the public health emergency (PHE).
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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020
expressing support for the Telehealth Modernization Act and stressing the urgency of safeguarding access to virtual care before the public health emergency is set to expire. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., WHY IT MATTERS. In its letter, the CHI supported these provisions and urged Alexander and his colleagues to go further.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
DECEMBER 2, 2020
The American Telemedicine Association on Wednesday issued a response to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services final rule regarding a permanent expansion to some Medicare telehealth services. Nearly 60 other services will be temporarily extended until the end of the calendar year in which the public health emergency expires.
Healthcare IT Today
MARCH 22, 2022
However, if no action was taken to head this off, these rules were due to expire with the official end of the COVID-19 public health emergency. For some time now, special pandemic rules have been in effect which allowed providers to offer various forms of government-funded telehealth.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JUNE 2, 2021
It's become common knowledge, at this point, that the flexibilities enabled by the federal government at the start of the COVID-19 public health emergency prompted an atmospheric jump in telehealth use. " The uncertainty about when the public health emergency will lift creates "a lot of anxiety," said Hayes.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JANUARY 25, 2021
According to a press statement from Thompson's office, it would: Eliminate most geographic and originating site restrictions on the use of telehealth in Medicare and establishing the patient’s home as an eligible distant site. " Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Twitter: @kjercich.
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