Last month the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released two new resources for patients to increase understanding around protecting health information when receiving health care services via telehealth.
Just in time for spooky season, we see the revitalization of net neutrality. It was announced late last month that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) would be revisiting net neutrality at their October commission meeting. As a refresher, net neutrality is the principle that all internet traffic should be treated equally and that no one entity should have their information/material favored or disadvantaged in any way, and every individual should have equal access to the internet.
Today the Center for Connected Health Policy (CCHP) is releasing its Summary of state telehealth policy changes for Fall 2023. Additionally, we are also making available a summary chart showing where states stand on many key telehealth policies, as well as an infographic and FQHC factsheet highlighting our key findings. The most current information in CCHP’s online policy finder tool may be exported for each state into a PDF document. Note that the review period for this report was late May through early September 2023.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General(OIG) recently released a new report looking at telehealth use by home health agencies (HHAs) at the beginning of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE). It wasn’t until the start of the PHE that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) allowed HHAs the ability to really utilize telehealth to furnish services, and the new allowance came with additional requirements and restrictions.
CCHP’s October Newsletter is here! This month’s topics include – DEA Issues Extension of Telemedicine Controlled Substance Flexibilities to Dec. 31, 2024; HHS Rule on Discrimination on the Basis of Disability Addresses Requirements for Telehealth Applications; Indian Health Services “Four Walls” Grace Period Extension; CMS Online Resource Dedicated to Process for Requests for Telehealth Service Additions; Latest Policy Developments in CCHP’s Telehealth Policy Finder and Policy Trends Map; Revised Medicare Enrollment Application, Includes Telehealth Practice Location Type; American Telemedicine Association New Tools on Disparities and Inequities in Telehealth; Milbank North Carolina Telehealth Medicaid Issue Brief; Open for Questions: FQHC Billing Assistance Technical Assistance.
