Connected Health Initiative

MARCH 10, 2023

Brian Scarpelli, executive director of the Connected Health Initiative (CHI), expressed CHI’s support for the bill: “Interoperability is critical to realize the promise of digital health and enable better, more cost-effective, patient-centered care. first appeared on Connected Health Initiative.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 25, 2021

The Protecting Access to Post-COVID-19 Telehealth Act of 2021 legislation was introduced this past week by Rep. "Telehealth has played a major role in keeping vulnerable patients safe during this pandemic, and this bipartisan legislation keeps telehealth expansion in place," said Johnson in a statement. cosponsored by Reps.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 30, 2020

Signers pointed out that the authorities granted to the Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services are restricted to the public health emergency period triggered by COVID-19. introduced legislation earlier this month to codify Medicare reimbursement of virtual care at FQHCs and RHCs.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 23, 2020

Several healthcare organizations and elected officials came together on Thursday in support of legislation safeguarding access to telehealth after the pandemic. "All of that access is at risk of disappearing" if action isn't taken now. The temporary waivers issued by the U.S. Doris Matsui, D-Calif. " she said.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

An excepted benefit allows employers to finance additional medical care, like vision or dental coverage, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services FAQs for insurance agents and brokers, requiring Congress to amend previous public health and funding laws. In an announcement about the bipartisan bill, Rep.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 27, 2021

Without action from Congress, Medicare beneficiaries will abruptly lose access to nearly all recently expanded coverage of telehealth when the COVID-19 PHE ends. Ensure Federally Qualified Health Centers, Critical Access Hospitals, and Rural Health Clinics Can Furnish Telehealth Services After the PHE. ON THE RECORD.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 2, 2020

Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma to provide a written plan for permanent changes to Medicare, Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program rules around telehealth. A bipartisan group of 38 senators released an open letter on Friday, asking U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 16, 2020

The legislation seeks to push forward with wider access to and use of telehealth – even beyond this public health emergency with its numerous waivers, allowances and temporary rule changes. David Schweikert, R-Arizona, co-chair of the Congressional Telehealth Caucus, along with Reps. Schweikert in a statement.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JULY 11, 2023

Recommendations from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) guide the legislation, emphasizing the vital role of digital tools in tackling challenges faced by patients and providers, particularly in underserved communities.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

AUGUST 4, 2022

As a legislative issue, however, inter-jurisdictional telehealth is already a reality for many US providers. Although membership is required to access the ULC’s Uniform Telehealth Act Toolkit and other resources offered by ULC, a few of the key tenants of the ULC Uniform Telehealth Act are listed below.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JUNE 1, 2023

Recommendations from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) guide the legislation, emphasizing the vital role of digital tools in tackling challenges faced by patients and providers, particularly in underserved communities.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JUNE 1, 2023

Recommendations from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) guide the legislation, emphasizing the vital role of digital tools in tackling challenges faced by patients and providers, particularly in underserved communities.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 28, 2023

Further, as artificial intelligence (AI) takes center stage, new regulations may be needed to disclose the nature and source of care dispensed. While the intention is to protect the privacy of patients, most legislation is a very strict application of privacy that will impact healthcare providers and services.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

According to court documents, RICU had contacted HHS and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services officials after the agencies relaxed telehealth regulations under COVID-19. Panuccio noted, for his part, that congressional lawmakers seem interested in telehealth, although they have yet to take action in terms of permanent policy.

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Iris Telehealth

MAY 8, 2023

Bipartisan federal legislation was introduced in 2020 to extend CCBHC programs to new states and expand the reach of currently existing CCBHCs. All nonprofit health centers are eligible to become CCBHCs. You’ll need to review all of your policies and procedures to ensure every action you currently take is deliberate and documented.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

That’s the latest data on Mortality in the United States, 2017 , soberly brought to you by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, part of the U.S. Most Americans didn’t feel a short-term sustained benefit from the recent tax reform legislation). years, while baby girls’ life expectancy stayed even at 81.1

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South Central Telehealth Resource Center

MARCH 6, 2018

On March 15 at 1 PM CT , Mei Wa Kwong, JD, Executive Director, and Christine Calouro, Policy Associate, from the Center for Connected Health Policy (CCHP) will present a free National Telehealth Resource Center webinar to provide an update on federal and state telehealth policy actions and to discuss issues that may arise throughout the year.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JANUARY 26, 2023

This is supported by data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), which confirms the increased access and utilization of behavioral health services during the pandemic. The survey results showed that behavioral health, particularly mental health, remained a top service category in the state fiscal year (FY) 2022.

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Iris Telehealth

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Bipartisan federal legislation was introduced in 2020 to extend CCBHC programs to new states and expand the reach of currently existing CCBHCs. All nonprofit health centers are eligible to become CCBHCs. Many organizations fall into the nonprofit category, including: Community Mental Health Centers (CMHCs). More resources.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 15, 2023

Although the importance of effective use of data is now far better understood than ever before, centric to effectively converting data to actionable insights is an organization-wide information lifecycle management framework. One that is fail proof and comprehensive across how information is collected, used, stored, and then safely disposed.

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Health Populi

APRIL 16, 2024

Federal gun legislation is passed and investments in cybersecurity are maxed in this scenario, with policies and procedures in the workplace taken seriously by all health citizens. Regional centers of excellence naturally go national. Health citizens value this national approach, with health baked in all public policies.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 23, 2023

Six states have individual data privacy laws, while a handful of others are considering privacy legislation. And the team that handles data must have extensive training to ensure their actions do not place the organization out of compliance.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JANUARY 26, 2023

In February of 2022, Telehealth.org alerted the professional community that expanding Medicare reimbursement for telehealth from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for video and audio services included an unpopular requirement for in-person meetings for telebehavioral health.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 17, 2020

Smith called attention to the nationwide calls for action sparked by the police killing of her constituent, George Floyd, and urged her colleagues to consider how telehealth can be a vehicle for health equity. Rheuban, director of the University of Virginia Center for Telehealth, also spoke in favor of Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Legislation on AI needs regular updating alongside developments, and data sets need to be quality checked to ensure accuracy and reduce the potential for bias. In everyday life, consumer demand has meant big brands and tech companies are starting to get in on the action. But the possibilities are wide-ranging and exciting.

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Henry Kotula

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Here are three actionable and inexpensive steps that elected officials and healthcare leaders can quickly take to improve our nation’s health: 1. government must act immediately: The first action is to expand resident education for primary care. The second action requires no additional spending. The cost would be less than 0.2%

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Insulin Nation

JANUARY 22, 2018

As far back as 2011, Congressman Pete Olson (R-TX) and Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Susan Collins (R-ME) have championed legislation to create an office within the federal public health apparatus to focus exclusively on fostering diabetes research and improving access to quality care.

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South Central Telehealth Resource Center

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

The following is a list of legislative activities compiled by the Center for Connected Health Policy (CCHP) for telehealth and telemedicine within the South Central region (AR, MS, and TN). CCHP has a pending legislation/regulation webpage located at the following link: [link]. LEGISLATION. Passed Legislation.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

OCTOBER 27, 2022

It surveyed 1141 physicians from various settings, including private or solo group practices, clinic/urgent care centers, hospital-based outpatient departments, and five smaller settings offering telemedicine opioid treatment. Before COVID, legislation required an in-person visit before the prescriber could order medications for OUD.

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care innovations

JUNE 13, 2018

A variety of high-profile telehealth-centered websites including Healthcare IT News and MobiHealthNews are also published under the HIMSS Media banner. This renewed support from lawmakers, who have tried and failed to implement similar telehealth legislation in the past few years, has inspired policymakers to take immediate action. “I

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 7, 2023

Many of our concerns center on the proposed implementation timeframes associated with various concepts included in HTI-1, as well as ONC’s failure to sufficiently consider the burden compliance will place on provider organizations and health IT developers.

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American Well

JUNE 22, 2017

The bill received a scheduled mark-up from the Senate Finance Committee and the legislation was put to a roll call vote. It was approved with a sweeping 26-0 vote. This means that the CHRONIC Care Act can now move on to the Senate for final vote and passage.

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American Well

JUNE 22, 2017

The bill received a scheduled mark-up from the Senate Finance Committee and the legislation was put to a roll call vote. It was approved with a sweeping 26-0 vote. This means that the CHRONIC Care Act can now move on to the Senate for final vote and passage.

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Henry Kotula

JUNE 14, 2020

Community health centers (CHCs), which serve more than 28 million low-income and disproportionately uninsured patients in rural and underserved urban areas of the United States, have not fared as well since ambulatory visits have disappeared , resulting in furloughs, layoffs , and more than 1,900 temporary site closures throughout the country.

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GlobalMed

MARCH 10, 2020

While the benefit of integrated solutions that combine value propositions is compelling, the business case erodes when servicing the integration itself becomes an ongoing cost center. In doing so, DIMS solves the headache of managing changing endpoints and provides a continuous flow of discrete, portable, and actionable health data.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JULY 11, 2023

Many professionals also no longer join national or state associations, eroding their budgets and resulting abilities to exert influence over essential legislative processes. How will ChatGPT and AI influence these forces as multi-billion dollar profit centers sidestep our rules and regulations? More importantly, be in charge?

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Insulin Nation

JULY 14, 2015

DiMasi, PhD, who analyzes the economics of health care at the Tufts University Center for the Study of Drug Development. Again, the agency is obliged to take action also within 60 days of initial filing to determine whether to continue pursuit of breakthrough status or reassign to a different level of priority.

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