The next phase of the 21st Century Cures Act includes several measures to boost Medicare coverage for telehealth, through both new programs and acts to permanently extend connected health freedoms...
A group of senators is pushing new legislation that would increase federal funding for telehealth programs in rural states.
The Rural and Telehealth Expansion Act, sponsored by Senators Shelley Moore...
A group of Senators has re-introduced a bill that would establish Medicare coverage for care providers who use telehealth in diabetes prevention programs.
The Promoting Responsible and Effective...
US Reps Liz Cheney and Debbie Dingell are jumping onto the telehealth policy bandwagon with a bill aimed at permanently extending key waivers introduced during the pandemic.
Cheney, a Republican...
With Congress facing dozens of bills aimed at improving telehealth coverage beyond the pandemic, one Senator is pressing the issue by combining four bills into one piece of legislation.
Senator John...
A new bill before the Senate aims to eliminate a Medicare requirement that requires beneficiaries to see a provider in person before beginning telemental health treatment.
The Telemental Health Care...
The American Medical Association is adding equity to its recipe for successful telehealth expansion.
The organization’s House of Delegates approved a new policy during its June Special Meeting...
Two large skilled nursing facilities will soon be testing the post-COVID-19 theory that telehealth is here to stay.
Southview Acres Health Care Center in St. Paul, MN, and Affinity Healthcare Center...
A group of Senators has submitted yet another bill aimed at permanently extending Medicare coverage for certain telehealth services beyond the pandemic.
The Protecting Rural Telehealth Access Act (S....
With hospital emergency departments moving back toward pre-COVID-19 traffic levels, some payers are renewing efforts to steer their members away from the ER and toward other resources, such as mHealth...
Illinois lawmakers have passed legislation that expands telehealth access and coverage in the state, including establishing payment parity for behavioral health and substance abuse services and...
Texas is set to approve legislation that would give the state’s Medicaid program and other public health plans more leeway to cover telehealth and allow audio-only telehealth services in some...
Telehealth advocates have long used the Department of Veterans’ Affairs as an example of how telehealth is working well. A new bill before the US Senate aims to help the VA go even further with...
A California-based healthcare provider is integrating telehealth into its PACE programs, saying the connected health platform improves its ability to provide value-based care for seniors in their own...
(Updated on May 28 with further comments) Justice Department officials have announced the first criminal charges linked to telehealth coverage laws that have been relaxed during the coronavirus...
A new bill before Congress aims to reduce the financial burden on patients by exempting telehealth services in certain high-deductible health plans.
The Telehealth Expansion Act of 2021 (S. 1704),...
California’s largest medical association is challenging Governor Gavin Newsom’s plan to set Medicaid reimbursement for audio-only telehealth at 65 percent, saying providers should be...
The US government’s financial watchdog is advising lawmakers to wait a while and gather more data before deciding on whether to permanently expand telehealth coverage for Medicare and Medicaid...
Telehealth advocates are cheering Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont’s extension of pandemic-related telehealth coverage for another two years, saying it gives providers more time to develop...
The American Academy of Neurology is joining the effort to compel Congress to extend telehealth coverage past the pandemic, saying connected health will continue to be a valuable tool to help...
