Policy and Regulation

Permanent Pay, Originating Site Policies Boost Access to Virtual Addiction Services

by Victoria Bailey

Lawmakers have the power to solidify access to virtual opioid use disorder treatment by introducing policies that ensure reimbursement parity, solidify audio-only telehealth coverage, and expand the...

US Reps Introduce Bill to Ensure Permanent Access to Telehealth

by Victoria Bailey

Members of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee have introduced a bipartisan bill that seeks to ensure permanent access to telehealth services. U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), who is the chair...

AHA, Ascension, Others Campaign to Preserve Post-Pandemic Telehealth Access

by Victoria Bailey

The American Hospital Association (AHA) and 15 other healthcare organizations have launched a campaign that aims to preserve telehealth access after the public health emergency has ended. When the...

Pharmacy Owner Convicted for Leading $174M Telemedicine Fraud Scheme

by Victoria Bailey

A pharmacy owner has been convicted for participating in a $174 million telemedicine fraud, waste, and abuse scheme that deceived pharmacy benefit managers, payers, and consumers. Peter Bolos, age 44,...

Washington State Solidifies Audio-Only Telehealth Regulations

by Anuja Vaidya

Washington state's Office of the Insurance Commissioner has finalized regulations to implement the audio-only telehealth law that was passed in May. The law requires payers to reimburse providers...

Medicare Patients in Metro Areas More Likely to Report Telehealth Use

by Anuja Vaidya

Medicare beneficiaries living in metropolitan areas were more likely to report that they used telehealth services, a new study revealed. Published in the Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice,...

A Snapshot of Telehealth Payment Policies Across States

by Victoria Bailey

Telehealth policies vary from state to state but in the past few months there have been some common regulation changes across the country. Specifically, states modified their Medicaid reimbursement...

Cures 2.0 Bill Introduced in House Aims to Expand Telehealth Coverage

by Victoria Bailey

U.S. Representatives Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Fred Upton (R-MI) have introduced their finalized Cures 2.0 bill in the House which aims to expand access to telehealth for Medicare and Medicaid...

Senate Bill Aims to Solidify Medicare Coverage for Telehealth

by Victoria Bailey

Four US Senators have introduced a bipartisan bill that seeks to make permanent a CMS policy that temporarily expanded Medicare coverage and reimbursement for certain telehealth services during the...

Orgs Ask Congress to Make Telehealth a Permanent Excepted Benefit

by Victoria Bailey

The American Telemedicine Association, along with 48 other stakeholder groups, have written a letter to Congress asking it to make permanent the regulatory flexibility that authorizes telehealth...

Groups Urge Legislators to Maintain Telehealth Licensures During PHE

by Victoria Bailey

More than 200 organizations, including the Alliance for Connected Care, have penned a letter to governors and state legislatures urging them to maintain and expand telehealth licensure flexibilities...

New Bill Targets Telehealth Provisions in High-Deductible Health Plans

by Eric Wicklund

A new bill before Congress aims to improve telehealth coverage, particularly for primary care services, in high-deductible health insurance plans. The Primary and Virtual Care Affordability Act (HR...

Biden Administration Emphasizes Telehealth in its Infrastructure Strategy

by Eric Wicklund

The federal government is making a concerted effort to link broadband connectivity and telehealth to the nation’s infrastructure. The Us Department of Agriculture last week unveiled more than...

ATA Asks the Biden Administration For Assurances on Telehealth Coverage

by Eric Wicklund

Worried that Congress is too busy to take on long-term telehealth policy, telehealth advocates are calling on the Biden Administration to ensure that emergency measures enacted to expand access...

AHRQ Seeks Public Data on COVID-19 Telehealth Programs

by Eric Wicklund

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is asking for help from the public in assessing how telehealth has been used during the pandemic. The agency last week published a request for...

Lawmakers Ask Congress to Create a Rural Telehealth Access Task Force

by Eric Wicklund

Lawmakers are making another push to improve telehealth access in rural America. US Reps. Greg Pence (R-IN) and Angie Craig (D-MN) have introduced the Rural Telehealth Access Task Force Act (HR 5506),...

Telehealth Advocates Try to Bring Congress’ Attention Back to Long-Term Policy

by Eric Wicklund

Support is growing for a bill before both chambers of Congress that would make permanent some very specific emergency measures that were designed to boost telehealth access and coverage in rural areas...

California Extends HIPAA Telehealth Waiver to End of PHE

by Eric Wicklund

California Governor Gavin Newsom has extended an Executive Order enabling physicians to conduct routine and non-emergency telehealth services without risk of being penalized for the inadvertent release...

Lawmakers Asked to Boost Telehealth Resource Center Budget to $27M

by Eric Wicklund

Telehealth advocates are petitioning lawmakers to boost the budget for the nation’s network of telehealth resource centers (TRCs), noting they’ve seen an 800 percent increase in business...

Telehealth Groups Pressure CMS to Expand Coverage in 2022 Physician Fee Schedule

by Eric Wicklund

Telehealth advocates are asking the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to amend the proposed 2022 Physician Fee Schedule to permanently extend emergency measures on telehealth access and...

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