Ohio’s Medicaid program is petitioning the state to make permanent telehealth coverage that had been expanded to address the coronavirus pandemic.
The state’s Department of Medicaid has...
The three federal agencies most closely associated with telehealth governance are joining forced to expand connected health opportunities in rural America.
The Federal Communications Commission,...
The federal government is clarifying how it regulates remote patient monitoring, with changes that could significantly affect – and potentially restrict - how care providers use telehealth and...
With Congress and the government still haggling over how to extend telehealth coverage beyond the coronavirus pandemic, a group of Senators is pushing for additional flexibilities for home health care...
Federal officials have announced almost $12 million in grants aimed at expanding access to telehealth services in rural parts of the country.
The awards are part of more than $35 million being issued...
A group of lawmakers is taking the Federal Communications Commission and Chairman Ajit Pai to task for what they say is the mismanagement of programs aimed at expanding telehealth opportunities in...
Amid the calls for expanded telehealth coverage beyond the coronavirus pandemic, one group is pressing federal officials to boost wireless broadband connectivity to give remote patient monitoring...
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...
While Congress debates extending telehealth coverage and President Trump tries to compel it through an Executive Order, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is poised to eliminate most 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...
New Jersey state officials have expanded telehealth guidelines to enable providers to remotely prescribe medical marijuana during the coronavirus pandemic.
An Administrative Order issued this week by...
Federal officials are promoting telehealth expansion in rural communities through a new funding model that gives healthcare providers the financial resources to adopt connected health platforms.
The...
The governors of four western states have announced plans to coordinate their activities on telehealth access and coverage.
The announcement from the governors of Colorado, Nevada, Oregon and...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has come out with its long-anticipated plans to expand telehealth coverage beyond the coronavirus pandemic.
An advance copy of the proposed 2021...
A new bill before Congress takes aim at one of the bigger barriers to telehealth expansion: interstate licensure.
Senators Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Roy Blunt (R-MO) this week unveiled the Temporary...
Yesterday, President Trump signed the Executive Order on Improving Rural and Telehealth Access. Under this order, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will expand telehealth benefits...
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...
Connecticut lawmakers have approved a bill extending several telehealth freedoms until next March, saying they want to study the issue more before addressing permanent coverage.
HB 6001, which now...
Federal efforts to expand Medicare’s telehealth coverage during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic “played a critical role in helping to maintain access to primary care...
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...
