Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

The firm, which monitors legal policy in the telemedicine and digital health industry, reported that 43 states and the District of Columbia implemented a version of a state telehealth commercial payer law – and the experts believe this year will trigger even greater expansion. WHY IT MATTERS. ON THE RECORD.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 18, 2022

The telemedicine program of the Charlottesville-based University of Virginia Health System was established in 1995 to enhance timely patient access to healthcare services, particularly for patients in rural regions of the Commonwealth of Virginia. "In 2019, UVA Health created a multi-stakeholder strategic plan for telemedicine."

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 2, 2021

in his opening remarks for a panel at the American Telemedicine Association's annual conference and expo this month. Emily Yoder, an analyst at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, said the agency has limited power to make telehealth-related changes. Tim Scott, R-S.C.,

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Over the past six months, as hospitals and health systems have pursued telemedicine and remote patient monitoring programs in earnest – whether launching new one or expanding existing ones – they've all had some learning curves and growing pains to manage. How to navigate a new policy landscape.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

"As we know, [President] Biden has said in recent days that the pandemic is over, so it's possible that the technical public health emergency might expire sometime in the very near future," said Megan Herber, director at Faegre Drinker who advises ATA and ATA Action on all things Federal policy. THE LARGER TREND.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

It would also explicitly exclude audio-only telephone services from the definition of telemedicine, including with regard to insurance coverage. New Hampshire joins several other states in enacting telehealth legislation in the absence of federal policy. HB 602 is cosponsored by Reps. THE LARGER TREND.

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Bill of Health

JANUARY 3, 2023

Ogden (where the Court held that boat operators crossing state lines could be regulated only by the federal government), he suggests restrictions on telemedicine licensure are tantamount to unlawful state barriers on an obviously interstate industry. Marino et al., Alternative Legislative Approaches. What Would the “Thomas Court” Say?

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