A bill introduced in Congress this week aims to improve telehealth coverage for federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) and rural health clinics (RHCs).
Introduced by US Reps. Glenn Thompson (R-PA)...
The Federal Communications Commission is clearing a path for telehealth providers to use “Broadcast Internet” spectrum, giving them more opportunities to expand their reach.
In a...
Small and solo medical practices looking to adopt telehealth should be thinking more about the convenience it offers patients than financial reimbursement.
That’s the advice of Amy Witt, a...
The Federal Communications Commission has passed the halfway mark in funding telehealth programs to address the coronavirus pandemic, with more than $100 million in approved applications for COVID-19...
Louisiana lawmakers have passed legislation expanding the state’s telehealth guidelines to include behavioral health services.
Faced with an increase in stress, anxiety and other issues caused...
An mHealth group has unveiled a step-count algorithm designed to make it easier for healthcare providers and researchers to use telehealth platforms that incorporate wearables.
This is the first...
The Department of Veterans Affairs is expanding its telehealth platform to give veterans access to precision cancer care and genetic counseling no matter where they live.
The VA announced last week...
An mHealth data company is working to develop software that would enable providers to identify people with COVID-19 symptoms through remote patient monitoring platforms.
California-based Evidation...
The Federal Trade Commission is joining the groundswell of support for developing new CMS telehealth coverage policies beyond the coronavirus pandemic.
In a letter sent last month to the Centers for...
Federal authorities are announcing more support – in grants and changes to Medicare reimbursement - for health systems looking to implement or expand telehealth during the coronavirus...
Another 53 healthcare providers have been awarded grants from the Federal Communications Commission’s COVID-19 Telehealth Program.
To date, 238 providers in 41 states and Washington DC have...
A new bill before Congress calls for a study of whether telehealth has improved access and care outcomes during the coronavirus pandemic.
Introduced this past Monday by Rep. Robin Kelly (D-IL), the...
Community health centers will need a good grasp of telehealth to survive both the coronavirus pandemic and what lies beyond.
That’s the take-away from a new article in Health Affairs, which...
Some Colorado lawmakers have introduced a bill to continue payer coverage for telehealth services beyond the current coronavirus emergency.
Senate Bill 212, introduced this week, would prohibit...
A group of Senators is calling for increased funding for children’s behavioral health services, including telehealth programs, to meet the stresses caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
In a...
In what may have been the first procedure of its kind, a California physician recently used a telehealth platform to debride a patient’s wound with maggots, thereby saving the patient’s...
The Health and Human Services Department has awarded $15 million to help dozens of Native American Tribes and organizations expand telehealth services to address the coronavirus pandemic.
The awards,...
Some prominent telehealth researchers are suggesting that providers pump the brakes on using connected health technology to aid in substance abuse treatment.
In a commentary published this week in the...
Five large health systems are among the 53 providers included in the Federal Communications Commission’s eight round of COVID-19 Telehealth Program grants.
Drawing from a $200 billion fund...
A team of stroke experts has published new guidelines calling for the increased use of telemedicine during triage and transport to improve patient care and outcomes.
Writing in the American Heart...
