The latest federal COVID-19 relief bill is giving new life to a program aimed at expanding telehealth through better broadband connectivity.
The bill, signed by President Donald Trump this past...
California lawmakers will debate a bill next month that aims to make expanded telehealth coverage permanent for the state’s Medicare program.
AB 32, introduced earlier this month by State...
Massachusetts lawmakers are forging ahead on a telehealth bill that would mandate payment parity for primary care and chronic care management for the next two years and make payment parity permanent...
A new bill before Congress aims to expand Medicare coverage for audio-only phone calls in telehealth programs.
The Permanency for Audio-Only Telehealth Act, introduced last week by US Reps. Jason...
A three-year demonstration project at critical access hospitals in some of the country’s most rural regions found strong support for the use of telehealth to improve access to care.
The apparent...
Oregon’s state government has forged agreements with nine payers to extend emergency telehealth coverage – including payment parity – through at least June of 2021.
The extension...
Dozens of health systems across the country are embracing a program that uses telehealth and mHealth to provide care at home for patients who would otherwise be hospitalized.
Centers for Medicare...
Telehealth advocates are lobbying Congress to get something done before the end of the year to ensure continued access to and coverage of telehealth services during the coronavirus pandemic.
In a...
A new report from the University of Kansas Health System credits payment parity as a prime ingredient in telehealth expansion during the coronavirus pandemic, with many providers saying they need that...
The 2021 Physician Fee Schedule isn’t knocking anyone over with optimism for the future of telehealth adoption.
Reactions to last week’s final draft from the Centers for Medicare &...
Healthcare providers who use telehealth in their Diabetes Prevention Programs will continue to be reimbursed through Medicare during the coronavirus pandemic, according to guidelines issued this week...
Telehealth and remote patient monitoring will see significant improvements in Medicare coverage in 2021.
The long-awaited 2021 Physician Fee Schedule, unveiled on Tuesday by the Centers for Medicare...
A Texas lawmaker is making a push for permanent payment parity for telehealth.
State Rep. Julie Johnson, a Dallas-based Democrat, introduced a bill last month that would ensure that healthcare...
Six health systems across the country are expanding their telehealth platform to treat patients at home under a new program launched by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
The Acute...
A group of lawmakers has introduced a bill that would ensure Medicare coverage for telehealth services provided by physical and occupational therapists, audiologists and speech and language...
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)...
With most state governments enacting emergency measures to improve Medicaid coverage for telehealth services during the coronavirus pandemic, a national law firm has drafted a list of actions those...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has announced that 11 more telehealth services will qualify for Medicare reimbursement during the coronavirus pandemic.
The agency also released new...
A coalition of healthcare organizations is pressuring Illinois lawmakers to mandate payment parity for telehealth services.
The call to require payers to reimburse providers for telehealth services at...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is again facing calls to expand telehealth coverage for audiology and speech-language pathology during the coronavirus pandemic.
A group of 34 members...
