A group of lawmakers has introduced a bill that would ensure Medicare coverage for telehealth services provided by physical and occupational therapists, audiologists and speech and language...
A year-long study conducted by the University of Nebraska and Wake Forest University has found that a telehealth platform can help reduce the risk of diabetes in people with a high likelihood of...
A new bill before Congress aims to improve Medicare coverage for home health services delivered via telehealth during a public health emergency.
The Home Health Emergency Access to Telehealth (HEAT)...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has announced that 11 more telehealth services will qualify for Medicare reimbursement during the coronavirus pandemic.
The agency also released new...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is again facing calls to expand telehealth coverage for audiology and speech-language pathology during the coronavirus pandemic.
A group of 34 members...
A group of Senators has introduced a bill that would expand access to the Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program through telehealth.
S 4709 was introduced this week by Senators Tim Scott (R-SC), Mark...
Federal officials have unveiled a new treatment model for patients living with kidney disease that could boost interest in telehealth and remote patient monitoring programs.
The Centers for Medicare...
A task force comprised of some of the biggest names in telehealth advocacy has issued a report calling for permanent changes to telehealth coverage beyond the coronavirus pandemic.
The Taskforce on...
The drumbeat continues to extend telehealth coverage beyond the coronavirus pandemic, with a new bill introduced this week in the House of Representatives aiming to continue several provisions in the...
The federal government is clarifying how it regulates remote patient monitoring, with changes that could significantly affect – and potentially restrict - how care providers use telehealth and...
Federal officials are proposing to expand Medicare coverage for new telemedicine and mHealth technologies classified as “breakthrough medical devices.”
The Centers for Medicare &...
With Congress and the government still haggling over how to extend telehealth coverage beyond the coronavirus pandemic, a group of Senators is pushing for additional flexibilities for home health care...
While Congress debates extending telehealth coverage and President Trump tries to compel it through an Executive Order, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is poised to eliminate most of...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has come out with its long-anticipated plans to expand telehealth coverage beyond the coronavirus pandemic.
An advance copy of the proposed 2021...
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...
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...
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...
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 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released additional details on telehealth reimbursement through quality reporting programs for the 2020 and 2021 performance periods.
The eligible...
Congress is ratcheting up the pressure on the federal government to explain when and how it will rule on extending telehealth access and coverage past the coronavirus pandemic.
In a letter sent last...
