In response to the results of the 2020 presidential election with America choosing former Vice President Joe Biden as its 46th president, the American Telemedicine Association (ATA) issued a...
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)...
Telehealth advocates are once again putting pressure on the US Drug Enforcement Agency to finalize a special registration process so that care providers can use telemedicine to prescribe certain...
A new bill before Congress aims to improve telehealth coverage for children through state Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) services.
The Telehealth Improvement for...
Utah has extended state emergency measures for telehealth coverage and access through the end of the nationally declared public emergency created by the coronavirus pandemic.
Governor Gary Herbert...
New Jersey lawmakers have passed legislation allowing care providers to use telehealth to prescribe medical marijuana.
S619, approved last week by the full Assembly, allows providers to prescribe...
State-regulated health plans in Texas will continue to reimburse for telehealth services at the same rate as in-person care through the end of the year.
Governor Greg Abbott announced the payment...
An Ohio think tank has published a report supporting legislation to extend telehealth coverage in the state – including the decision to move away from payment parity.
“Access to Healthcare...
The US Food and Drug Administration has unveiled the Digital Health Center of Excellence, aimed at supporting mHealth and telehealth tools.
“Establishing the Digital Health Center of Excellence...
The latest bill introduced on Capitol Hill aims to level the playing field for payers by ensuring that all telehealth services be covered if those services are also furnished in person.
HR 8308,...
A group of clinicians and public health experts is pressing the federal government to make permanent telehealth policy changes that would improve access to care for people undergoing substance abuse...
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...
A Missouri Congresswoman has introduced a telehealth bill that combines nine other connected health bills into one piece of legislation.
The Telehealth Act (HR 7992), sponsored by US Rep. Ann Wagner...
Tennessee lawmakers have passed legislation that expands coverage for telehealth services.
HB 8002, passed during a special session of the state Legislature this week, requires payers to cover...
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...
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...
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...
Two states with troubled histories of telehealth support are pushing ahead with plans that would improve the connected health landscape.
In Massachusetts – long considered one of the least...
Nearly two dozen telehealth advocates, organizations, providers and vendors are joining forces to present a united front in lobbying for long-term connected health access and coverage.
The Taskforce...
