The Federal Communications Commission has released guidance for healthcare providers applying for funding from the COVID-19 Telehealth Program.
The $200 million program, borne out of the Coronavirus...
CMS is adding more than 80 new telehealth services to the list of services covered by Medicare during the Coronavirus pandemic - and reiterating that all connected health services are now reimbursed at...
California state officials are putting pressure on payers to expand telehealth coverage during the Coronavirus pandemic.
The directive issued on Monday by the California Department of Insurance is the...
The $2 trillion Coronavirus relief package passed by Congress and signed by President Donald Trump last week includes several telehealth provisions, included more relaxed guidelines for Medicare...
The American Medical Association has released a guide to help providers get paid for their telehealth services during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
The new document outlines 11 different...
Florida’s largest medical association is taking the state to task for not mandating telehealth payment parity during the Coronavirus pandemic.
In a letter to State Insurance Commissioner David...
Humana is expanding its telehealth portfolio to help members access connected health services during the Coronavirus pandemic.
The Kentucky-based payer, serving more than 13 million people, announced...
The Health and Human Services Department is releasing $100 million in federal funds to more than 1,000 health centers to help them expand telehealth programs to help deal with the Coronavirus...
A pair of Senators have announced a new bill aimed at funding senior living centers to improve access to telehealth and mHealth during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Introduced late last week,...
The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association is expanding telehealth coverage for its members, thus improving access to care for roughly one out of every three Americans.
The national network of 36...
Federal officials are offering grants to rural healthcare providers looking to use telehealth to improve emergency services, such as stroke, behavioral health or EMS care.
The Department of Health and...
CMS officials are reportedly looking at allowing Medicare reimbursement for Diabetes Prevention Programs that use telehealth and mHealth.
The news comes from Politico, which reported today that Seema...
Accountable Care Organizations who are at risk of owing money back to Medicare because they haven’t met spending targets on shared-risk beneficiaries now have more freedom to use...
CMS is proposing giving patients with end-stage renal disease in Medicare Advantage plan access to more telehealth benefits, allowing them to receive care at home.
In a proposed rule issued on...
The Center for Connected Health Policy has unveiled a telehealth billing guide, aimed at helping healthcare providers navigate the confusing waters of connected health reimbursement.
With roughly...
A California legislator has submitted a bill seeking to improve Medicaid coverage for telehealth services used by federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics.
AB 2007, submitted this...
Colorado lawmakers will soon be debating a bill that would allow federally qualified health centers to be reimbursed through Medicaid for telehealth services.
House Bill 20-1092, with both House and...
A Washington lawmaker is preparing to resubmit bills aimed at mandating payment parity for telehealth and expand school-based telehealth programs.
The two bills were part of a four-bill package...
