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Telehealth Care Quality Better Than In-Person For Some Measures
October 4, 2022New research shows that telehealth can enhance healthcare quality, with telehealth patients experiencing a similar or better performance in some quality measures than patients receiving in-person care.
CMS Announces Roadmap for End of the COVID-19 PHE
August 29, 2022The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced on August 18 that it has developed a roadmap for the eventual end of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE). During the COVID-19 PHE, CMS has used emergency waiver authorities to establish regulatory flexibilities for providers that enabled access to health care. Most of these waivers and flexibilities will terminate at the end of the PHE. CMS developed an initiative for reestablishing program requirements and health and safety standards when the PHE ends.
Intermountain’s Dr. Todd Vento Wins UETN Telehealth Excellence Award
August 26, 2022Intermountain Healthcare’s Dr. Todd Vento is the 2022 winner of the 3rd annual Deborah LaMarche Telehealth Excellence Award.
House OKs Extension of Medicare Telehealth Flexibilities Through 2024
August 1, 2022By a near unanimous vote, the US House of Representatives has passed a bill expanding telehealth access and coverage for Medicare services until the end of 2024, while making those flexibilities permanent for FQHCs and RHCs. The bill now goes to the Senate.
HHS Delivers Guidance on Nondiscrimination in Telehealth
August 1, 2022With this guidance, the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and DOJ’s Civil Rights Division (CRT) explain how various federal laws require making telehealth accessible to people with disabilities and limited English proficient persons. These laws include Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504),1 the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA),2 Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI),3 and Section 1557 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Section 1557), 4 (collectively, “federal civil rights laws”). Section 1557 regulations specifically provide that covered health programs or activities provided by covered entities through electronic or information technology.
Calendar Year (CY) 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule
July 15, 2022On July 7, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule that announces and solicits public comments on proposed policy changes for Medicare payments under the Physician Fee Schedule (PFS), and other Medicare Part B issues, effective on or after January 1, 2023.