Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The bill, the Telehealth Extension Act , would also end geographic and site restrictions on approved telemedicine services for Medicare beneficiaries. Despite being broadly popular on both sides of the aisle , the geographic- and site-related Medicare provisions the new bill would establish have yet to be enshrined by Congress.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 14, 2020

The American Telemedicine Association, the Connected Health Initiative and other industry groups issued a letter to Congress on Friday urging legislators to extend temporary telehealth flexibilities until the end of 2021. That flexibility, in turn, shed light on how arbitrary some of those restrictions were. THE LARGER TREND.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 23, 2020

"We have seen the positive impact of telehealth across the nation," said Jen Covich Bordenick, CEO at eHealth Initiative. "Why are you [as a provider] going to invest in changing workflow, educating patients on the value of telehealth, doing all that work, not knowing if this is going to end … in 2021?"

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