New Jersey state officials have expanded telehealth guidelines to enable providers to remotely prescribe medical marijuana during the coronavirus pandemic.
An Administrative Order issued this week by...
A new bill before Congress aims to increase funding for telehealth expansion programs that target improved broadband connectivity.
The Accelerating Connected Care and Education Support Services on the...
A new bill before Congress takes aim at one of the bigger barriers to telehealth expansion: interstate licensure.
Senators Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Roy Blunt (R-MO) this week unveiled the Temporary...
Yesterday, President Trump signed the Executive Order on Improving Rural and Telehealth Access. Under this order, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will expand telehealth benefits...
Senator Lamar Alexander has added another telehealth bill to the rapidly growing list of efforts to expand connected health coverage in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Tennessee Republican...
Connecticut lawmakers have approved a bill extending several telehealth freedoms until next March, saying they want to study the issue more before addressing permanent coverage.
HB 6001, which now...
Federal efforts to expand Medicare’s telehealth coverage during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic “played a critical role in helping to maintain access to primary care...
A new task force aims to shine the spotlight on the role that consumer-facing mHealth and telehealth technology can play in tackling pandemics.
The Consumer Technology Association today announced the...
Lawmakers have followed up on their request to keep the Federal Communications Commission’s COVID-19 Telehealth Program going with a bill aimed at adding more funding to the now-shuttered...
Four healthcare providers and a pair of research institutions are getting more than $330,000 in grants to expand the use and study of telehealth and mHealth in treatments for opioid use disorder...
With the coronavirus pandemic putting the squeeze on underserved populations, health plans are developing mHealth and telehealth tools that go beyond healthcare.
Healthfirst, a provider-owned insurer...
Several hospitals in New Jersey and New York will be using smart clothing in a telehealth program aimed at providing remote care for patients infected with or suspected of having the coronavirus.
The...
Dozens of lawmakers are looking to revive the Federal Communications Commission’s COVID-19 Telehealth Program, which ran out of money earlier this month.
A letter signed by more than 40 members...
Three prominent cancer care centers have been awarded grants from the National Cancer Institute to examine how telehealth has helped improve care management and coordination during the coronavirus...
Caught in the throes of one of the current coronavirus hotspots, Arizona’s Banner Health is using telemedicine technology to transform televisions into remote monitoring platforms to care for...
The drumbeat for permanent telehealth coverage is growing louder, with yet another bill introduced in Congress and calling for expanded guidelines and more reimbursement.
The Protecting Access to...
More than 9 million Medicare beneficiaries used telehealth during the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic, according to data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, with a weekly...
The University of Miami has launched a telehealth program to monitor the health of student-athletes, trainers and other athletic department staff, and may deploy the technology across the campus if...
The Federal Communications Commission has drained its $200 million COVID-19 Telehealth Program.
Wednesday’s announcement of the final 25 funding applications for the program puts an end to a...
With the world stuck in the midst of a pandemic, health systems are looking to telehealth to shift the balance of care out of the hospital or clinic and into the home.
That strategy is shining a spotlight on the home health care industry,...
