Category: CONNECT Act

Expansion of telehealth services must be sustained

The rapid growth and large-scale adoption of telehealth services over the past 18 months has allowed physicians to deliver a broad range of badly needed services to patients nationwide in an innovative, cost-effective manner. Now it’s time to cement that success by making permanent the temporary easing of restrictions...
July 20, 2021 Dr. A. Connor CONNECT Act, COVID-19 - Coronavirus, Legislation, Medicare, Reimbursement, Remote Patient Monitoring, Telehealth.
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Senators introduce bipartisan bill aimed at safeguarding rural telehealth access

Meanwhile, Oregon becomes the latest state to enact its own telehealth legislation. By Kat Jercich June 15, 2021 02:55 PM U.S. senators this past week introduced another bill aimed at making telehealth flexibilities permanent under Medicare – including audio-only telehealth appointments. The Protecting Rural Telehealth Access Act is geared toward ensuring...
June 28, 2021 Dr. A. Connor CONNECT Act, Legislation, Medicare, Telehealth.
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Providers push Congress for permanent telehealth capabilities — pandemic’s ‘silver lining’

Long-term care stakeholders are looking forward to telehealth policies remaining a “very, very hot topic” in Congress during the COVID-19 public health emergency, and beyond. Service providers say they are optimistic lawmakers will act, but want to make sure they are properly reimbursed in the end. “We achieved incredible...
May 26, 2021 Dr. A. Connor CONNECT Act, COVID-19 - Coronavirus, Legislation, Medicare, Reimbursement, Telehealth.
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Connect for Health: What It Would and Wouldn’t Do for Telehealth Beyond the Pandemic

A bipartisan group of 50 Senators, led by Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI), introduced the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act of 2021, which builds on prior iterations of the bill with learnings from the COVID-19 pandemic. The bill attempts to address the post-pandemic...
May 18, 2021 Dr. A. Connor CONNECT Act, Legislation, Medicare, Physician Fee Schedule, Telehealth.
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CONNECT for Health Act of 2021

CONNECT for Health Act of 2021Senators Schatz (D-HI), Wicker (R-MS), Cardin (D-MD), Thune (R-SD), Warner (D-VA), & Hyde-Smith (R-MS)The CONNECT for Health Act of 2021 promotes higher quality of care, increased access to care, andreduced spending in Medicare through the expansion of telehealth services. Numerous studies on telehealth –...
Dr. M Telehealth CONNECT Act, Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), Legislation, Reimbursement, Rural Health Clinics, Telehealth.
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Expanding telehealth is ‘worthwhile for everybody’

by: Theresa Flaherty – Friday, September 11, 2020 WASHINGTON – The Council for Quality Respiratory is throwing its support behind the CONNECT Act, a bill that would expand telehealth services for RTs, because it would also help to strengthen the referral process for oxygen therapy.  “We hope our process of talking to folks in the administration and the House and Senate to...
September 11, 2020 Dr. A. Connor CONNECT Act, Telehealth.
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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.
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Telehealth Beyond The Hospital

The industry of telehealth is expanding for many reasons, including increased access to technology, a demand for more affordable health services and the desire for convenient care. Research findings projected a compound annual growth rate between 2014 and 2020 of 18.4% for telehealth services. Telehealth can reduce initial hospital admissions, readmissions, length of stay and...
March 7, 2020 Dr. M Telehealth CONNECT Act, COVID-19 - Coronavirus, Legislation, Telehealth, Telemedicine.
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Remote Patient Monitoring, Reimbursement Topped Headlines in 2019

Top mHealth trends in 2019 included remote patient monitoring, telehealth reimbursement, substance use disorder care, chronic disease management, and direct-to-consumer mHealth technology. By Samantha McGrail As 2019 comes to an end, healthcare organizations are reflecting on the trends and stories that most influenced their behaviors in the past year....
December 31, 2019 Dr. M Telehealth aTouchAway, Chronic Disease, CONNECT Act, Legislation, Medicare, Medicare Advantage (MA), Physician Fee Schedule, Reimbursement, Remote Patient Monitoring, Telehealth.
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Gingrich & DeSantis: A health care revolution is coming – It could give you 24/7 access to a doctor

In Washington’s increasingly toxic atmosphere – filled with impeachment hearings, the jostling of the Democratic primary, and an obsession with trivial gaffes and scandal over substance – it can be hard to notice when members of both parties collaborate to try and achieve something positive. Fortunately, it does still...
December 12, 2019 Dr. M Telehealth CONNECT Act, Legislation, Medicare, Reimbursement, Remote Patient Monitoring, Telehealth, Telemedicine.
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Legislation Re-Introduced to Expand Access to Telehealth Under Medicare

A bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation on October 30th designed to expand Medicare beneficiaries’ access to telehealth services. The bill is called the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies for Health Act of 2019 (hereinafter, the “CONNECT Act” or the “Act”). In order to understand...
November 8, 2019 Dr. M Telehealth CONNECT Act, Medicare, Reimbursement, Remote Patient Monitoring, Telehealth.
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Federal law cripples telehealth in Medicare. New bill changes that.

What’s the news: A bipartisan Senate bill unveiled last week would make it easier for patients enrolled in Medicare to receive telehealth services from physicians. Digital health that counts The AMA is spearheading initiatives that put physicians at the center of digital health innovation. See how you can get...
November 5, 2019 Dr. M Telehealth American Medical Association (AMA), CONNECT Act, Medicare, Reimbursement, Remote Patient Monitoring, Telehealth.
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