New York lawmakers are moving forward with a bill that would expand coverage and access to telehealth for substance abuse treatment.
The State Senate this week approved S2998A, which would permanently...
Boston Medical Center is launching an mHealth app designed to assist healthcare providers using medication-assisted treatment (MAT) therapy.
The BMC MAT app, developed by Colleen LaBelle MSN, RN-BC,...
With the advent of more sophisticated telemedicine technology and ongoing emergency measures that expand telehealth coverage and access, some small practices and specialty care providers –...
Congress will be taking a serious look at expanding telehealth coverage for mental health and substance abuse services this year.
Last week Senators Tina Smith (D-MN) and Lisa Murkowsky (R-AK)...
Two popular telehealth bills that failed to make it through last year’s Legislature are being reintroduced this week on Capitol Hill, adding to a growing number of connected health bills aimed at...
Two Massachusetts health systems are launching mHealth programs aimed at helping employees prevent or manage cardiometabolic diseases and kick the habit.
UMass Memorial Health Care is partnering with...
With behavioral health issues skyrocketing during the coronavirus pandemic, a New Mexico lawmaker has introduced a bill aimed at transitioning peer support programs onto telehealth platforms to boost...
Telehealth advocates aren’t impressed with the lack of support for connected health services in the latest pandemic relief package.
While the $900 billion bill, passed by Congress and signed by...
Six health centers across Mississippi will soon have access to addiction treatment services via telehealth in a federally funded program aimed at tackling the nation’s substance abuse...
A new bill before Congress aims to permanently allow healthcare providers to use telehealth in medication-assisted treatment (MAT) programs for substance abuse and provide Medicare coverage for...
A federal audit of substance abuse treatment programs has found that many encountered technical problems with using telehealth during the coronavirus pandemic – but they see the benefits and want...
A new project in Indiana aims to analyze the value of telehealth in treating people who are struggling with both substance abuse and mental health concerns.
The Indiana University School of Medicine...
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...
With the coronavirus pandemic curbing in-person care, substance abuse treatment programs are turning to telehealth to keep the channels of communication open with people struggling to stay clean and...
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...
Federal officials are issuing roughly $1.5 billion to healthcare providers and other organizations to help them use telehealth and other tools to combat the opioid abuse crisis.
In the first year of...
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...
A Massachusetts insurer is expanding coverage for mental health services delivered via telehealth.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts announced last week that it would offer telemental health...
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...
New Hampshire has enacted a new law that greatly expands how care providers in the Granite State can use telehealth.
HB 1623, signed on July 21 by Governor Chris Sununu, amends the state’s...
