Arizona Governor Doug Ducey has signed legislation that greatly expands telehealth coverage in the state, including allowing audio-only telehealth services in certain circumstances and permitting...
Virginia Senator Mark Warner is once again urging the federal government to fulfill a long-delayed plan to allow healthcare providers to prescribe controlled substances via telehealth.
In a letter...
Veterinarians are suing the state of California for the right to use telehealth.
A federal lawsuit has been filed this week by several veterinarians and the San Francisco Society for the Prevention of...
Will the fourth time be the charm for the CONNECT for Health Act?
The massive telehealth bill – officially known as the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies...
Montana Governor Greg Gianforte has signed legislation that permanently expands coverage of and access to telehealth beyond the coronavirus pandemic.
HB 43, which was approved by both chambers of the...
Lawmakers are re-introducing a bill aimed at extending Medicare coverage for home health services delivered by telehealth during a public health emergency.
S. 1309, introduced on April 22 by US...
Lawmakers are once again being asked to add telehealth services to the Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program, giving healthcare providers more tools to improve the health and wellness of millions at...
Federal officials are quietly withdrawing a Trump administration plan to end regulatory review of 83 types of mHealth devices, saying the original plan was flawed and could have put the lives of...
Federal officials have awarded almost $13 million in funding to help healthcare providers use telehealth and other services to address rural health disparities.
Some 61 organizations across 35 states...
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has rejected a telehealth bill recently approved by the state’s Legislature because it doesn’t go far enough.
Murphy conditionally vetoed SB 619 and A 1635,...
The Better Medicare Alliance is touting support from more than 30 health systems and healthcare organizations for a bill that would establish Medicare coverage for audio-only telehealth services in...
The Biden Administration is supporting the use of telehealth to facilitate medication abortions during the coronavirus pandemic.
Acting US Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Janet Woodcock...
A recent Supreme Court ruling gives healthcare providers a little more freedom to send automated text messages to patients.
The court earlier this month sided with Facebook in a case involving the...
The American Medical Association is lobbying for permanent Medicare coverage for audio-only telehealth services.
In a letter to Acting Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator...
North Dakota lawmakers have shot down a pilot project to study payment parity for telehealth services, saying the idea of charging the same rate for virtual and in-person care would be...
The battle over using telehealth to conduct eye exams has surfaced in Michigan, where lawmakers are debating a bill that would allow virtual exams for prescribing contact lenses.
HB 4356, introduced...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has expanded Medicare coverage for certain audiology and speech-language pathology services delivered via telehealth during the coronavirus...
The Alliance for Connected Care is leading a new lobbying effort to include telehealth in a Medicare-funded diabetes prevention program.
The organization is lining up supporters behind a letter that...
A new bill before Congress aims to expand telehealth access for patients living with mental health concerns at rural hospitals.
The Rural Health Behavioral Access Act, sponsored by US Reps. Dan Kildee...
Lawmakers are once again taking aim at the substance abuse epidemic with a wide-ranging bill that expands access to telehealth – including audio-only phone services – for...
