With the pandemic limiting access to in-person healthcare, audio-only telehealth has surfaced as a popular platform for care delivery. But it’s not good for all (or even many) services, and...
Telehealth advocates have launched another effort to prompt Congress to establish a post-pandemic connected health policy.
The eHealth Initiative is leading a new letter-writing effort to permanently...
A pair of Congressmen have re-introduced proposed legislation aimed at codifying telehealth coverage for federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics.
US Reps Glenn Thompson (R-PA) and...
Remote patient monitoring may be catching on with health systems across the country, but its path to Medicare reimbursement is still a work in progress.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...
Federal officials aren’t willing to endorse Medicare coverage for telehealth services in diabetes prevention programs.
As part of the proposed 2022 Physician Fee Schedule released this week, the...
One of the nation’s largest non-profit federally qualified health centers is integrating telehealth and remote patient monitoring services into its PACE program to improve care for thousands of...
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...
Medicare beneficiaries are using telehealth more often due to extended coverage and access measures introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation brief. And making...
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...
The debate over whether to allow Medicare coverage for audio-only telehealth services is now before Congress.
US Reps. Jason Smith (R-MO) and Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) this week introduced the Permanency...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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 group of lawmakers has resubmitted a bill seeking to permanently expand Medicare coverage to telehealth services provided by physical and occupational therapists, audiologists and speech and...
