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Bullish on Broadband: Time to Get Your Grant Proposals Ready

Before Covid-19, pursuing Federal broadband grant funds was orderly and straightforward. Some grants paid for broadband infrastructure that was restricted to school premises. Federal grants funded healthcare-related broadband in public hospitals and clinics. Other agency programs funded broadband in city and county offices, libraries, and public facilities. A couple...

October 22, 2020 Dr. A. Connor CARES ACT, COVID-19 - Coronavirus, Telehealth.

Lawmakers See Equity-Enhancing Future for Telehealth Beyond Pandemic

Reps. Robin Kelly, D-Ill., and Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., view telehealth services as a key tool to promote equity in health care post-pandemic Two House lawmakers active in tech policy on Monday outlined how to transition telehealth services used widely during the pandemic into permanent tools capable of reducing health...

October 7, 2020 Dr. A. Connor CARES ACT, COVID-19 - Coronavirus, Medicaid, Medicare, Telehealth.

FCC Extends Telehealth Program Purchase Deadline

The FCC has extended the deadline for its telehealth program recipients to use their money to buy eligible devices and services to the end of the year. The FCC has given out $200 million in CARES Act telehealth subsidies for healthcare providers to purchase tablets and smart phones and...

October 5, 2020 Dr. A. Connor CARES ACT, COVID-19 - Coronavirus, Legislation, Remote Patient Monitoring, Telehealth.

Senate bill would nix geographic, site restrictions on telehealth

What’s the news: The AMA is supporting S. 4375, the “Telehealth Modernization Act of 2020,” which would permanently remove many of the regulatory restrictions on telehealth that were temporarily lifted at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and have enabled patients to receive care without leaving their homes. “During the...

September 23, 2020 Dr. A. Connor American Medical Association (AMA), CARES ACT, Medicare, Telehealth, Telemedicine.

Updated COVID-19 Frequently Asked Questions Released by the CMS

Tuesday, September 15, 2020 On August 26, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) released an updated Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) guide for questions related to COVID-19 and the public health emergency (PHE). The guide supplements the previously released FAQ guidance pertaining to 1135 Waivers under COVID-19. The new guide includes additional...

September 17, 2020 Dr. A. Connor CARES ACT, COVID-19 - Coronavirus, Medicaid, Medicare.

How COVID-19 Is Advancing Healthcare Innovation and Interoperability

Improvements in access, usability and scheduling brought on by the pandemic will outlast the current public health crisis. Five months after COVID-19 was formally declared a pandemic, the disease continues to deeply impact the healthcare and life sciences industry. Care providers are faced with critical shortages of both staff...

September 14, 2020 Keira Sullivan CARES ACT, COVID-19 - Coronavirus, Telehealth.

Texas Lawmaker Wants CARES Act Telehealth Rules Extended Through 2025

The latest telehealth expansion bill introduced to Congress would extend CARES Act provisions through the end of 2025 and compel the GAO to issue two reports on the successes and challenges associated with connected health. The drumbeat continues to extend telehealth coverage beyond the coronavirus pandemic, with a new...

Keira Sullivan CARES ACT, COVID-19 - Coronavirus, Telehealth.

Senators Charge FCC With Mismanaging Telehealth Funding Programs

A letter signed by 14 Democratic Senators charges the FCC and Chairman Ajit Pai with failing to properly manage the Rural Health Care Program and the COVID-19 Telehealth Program, thus hindering attempts to expand telehealth access in rural America. A group of lawmakers is taking the Federal Communications Commission...

September 11, 2020 Keira Sullivan CARES ACT, COVID-19 - Coronavirus, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Medicare, Rural Health Clinics, Telehealth.

New Telehealth Bill Seeks Funding for Broadband Expansion Programs

A new bill before Congress aims to increase funding for telehealth expansion programs that target improved broadband connectivity. The Accelerating Connected Care and Education Support Services on the Internet (ACCESS the Internet) Act, introduced this past week by Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and John Cornyn (R-TX), proposes to add $400...

September 4, 2020 Keira Sullivan American Telemedicine Association (ATA), CARES ACT, COVID-19 - Coronavirus, Rural Health Clinics, Telehealth, Telemedicine.

FCC Boosts Telehealth Funding in Effort to Aid Coronavirus Response

A Federal Communications Commission plan to spend $300 million on telehealth is the latest in a series of steps taken to aid Americans during the coronavirus pandemic. While direct government spending on healthcare services is usually poorly targeted, such temporary emergency programs with strict spending limits and strict oversight...

Keira Sullivan CARES ACT, COVID-19 - Coronavirus, Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

CMS to Make Permanent COVID-19 Telehealth Rules, Hospice Role Uncertain

The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will be making permanent a number of the temporary flexibilities to expand telehealth that the agency implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The number of rules affecting hospices that would be extended remains to be seen. President Donald Trump...

September 2, 2020 Keira Sullivan CARES ACT, Health and Human Services, Hospice, Legislation, Telehealth, Telemedicine.

FCC Boosts Telehealth Funding in Effort to Aid Coronavirus Response

A Federal Communications Commission plan to spend $300 million on telehealth is the latest in a series of steps taken to aid Americans during the coronavirus pandemic. While direct government spending on healthcare services is usually poorly targeted, such temporary emergency programs with strict spending limits and strict oversight...

August 7, 2020 Dr. R. Cutler CARES ACT, COVID-19 - Coronavirus, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Telehealth.

FCC Completes COVID-19 Telehealth Program Funding, Plans for Review

With the last of the COVID-19 Telehealth Program awards handed out, the Federal Communications Commission is ready to review the $200 million program’s effectiveness and move on to the Connected Care Pilot. By Eric Wicklund July 10, 2020 – The Federal Communications Commission has drained its $200 million COVID-19 Telehealth Program. Wednesday’s...

July 17, 2020 Dr. R. Cutler CARES ACT, CONNECT Act, COVID-19 - Coronavirus, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Legislation, Medicare, Reimbursement, Telehealth.

Congress introduces bill to makes CARES Act telehealth coverage permanent

The House of Representatives recently introduced the Advancing Telehealth Beyond COVID-19 Act, a bill calling for the permanence of telehealth regulations introduced in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act. Before the pandemic, Medicare beneficiaries could only utilize telehealth services if there was a physician shortage, and this could...

July 2, 2020 Dr. R. Cutler CARES ACT, COVID-19 - Coronavirus, Health and Human Services, Reimbursement, Telehealth.

Agencies Issue Helpful FAQs on COVID-19 Testing Coverage

On June 23, 2020, the US Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Treasury issued tri-agency FAQs (Part 43) that clarify important health and welfare provisions under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), which became law on March 18, 2020, and the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES)...

Dr. R. Cutler CARES ACT, COVID-19 - Coronavirus, FAQ, Medicare, Reimbursement, Telehealth.