New York has approved Medicaid and CHIP coverage for audio-only and video-only telehealth services, giving providers more opportunities to connect with patients for care.
New York Governor Andrew...
The Federal Communications Commission has approved another 62 applications from healthcare providers for funding from the COVID-19 Telehealth Program.
With its 11th set of applications, the FCC has...
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has pushed telehealth and mHealth to center stage as healthcare providers of all sizes look to provide care on virtual platforms. But the emergency – and the...
Congress is growing increasingly worried that the Federal Communications Commission’s COVID-19 Telehealth Program isn’t doing what it should be doing.
In a letter issued Friday to FCC...
A bill introduced in Congress this week aims to improve telehealth coverage for federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) and rural health clinics (RHCs).
Introduced by US Reps. Glenn Thompson (R-PA)...
The Federal Trade Commission is joining the groundswell of support for developing new CMS telehealth coverage policies beyond the coronavirus pandemic.
In a letter sent last month to the Centers for...
Community health centers will need a good grasp of telehealth to survive both the coronavirus pandemic and what lies beyond.
That’s the take-away from a new article in Health Affairs, which...
Some Colorado lawmakers have introduced a bill to continue payer coverage for telehealth services beyond the current coronavirus emergency.
Senate Bill 212, introduced this week, would prohibit...
Rhode Island lawmakers are forwarding a bill that would require payers to cover telehealth services – including audio-only phone calls - beyond the coronavirus pandemic.
The State Senate’s...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is finalizing plans to expand telehealth coverage in Medicare Advantage plans.
Building on a proposed rule issued this past February, CMS is...
Hospice providers are asking that Medicare continue to cover telehealth services beyond the current coronavirus pandemic.
In a letter sent last week to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...
A Tennessee health plan is making its telehealth coverage permanent, saying lessons learned during the Coronavirus pandemic have proven the value of connected health services.
BlueCross BlueShield of...
Prompted by concerns from two senators, the US military’s health care program is eliminating co-payments for telehealth services and providing coverage for audio-only phone services.
The...
A new bill before Congress aims to make it easier for federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) and rural health clinics (RHCs) to receive Medicare reimbursement for using telehealth.
The Improving...
Telehealth advocates are pushing private payers to cover connected health services at the same rate at in-person care during the Coronavirus pandemic.
A House bill filed this past week seeks to ensure...
Federal officials are once again relaxing the rules for telehealth use during the Coronavirus pandemic, allowing physical therapists and other providers to be reimbursed through Medicare and expanding...
A new bill before Congress aims to expand the ranks of healthcare providers using telehealth during the Coronavirus pandemic to include, among others, physical and occupational therapists and social...
Federal officials have unveiled a new toolkit to help states expand telehealth coverage under Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) to fight the Coronavirus...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has relaxed its rules to allow hospice care providers to use more telehealth during the Coronavirus pandemic, but the agency is keeping one rule in...
Federal officials have clarified new telehealth reimbursement rules for federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) and rural health clinics (RHCs), giving those sites more opportunities to use...
