Resources & Reports

CCHP’s July Newsletter is here! This month’s topics include – CMS Updates Mental Health & Substance Use Disorder Telehealth Coverage Guidance; Congress Weighs Digital Health Innovation in House Committee Hearing; Telehealth and Nutrition Policy Align Under MAHA Momentum; Latest Developments in CCHP’s Telehealth Policy Finder; New Study to Evaluate Telerehabilitation for Chronic Low Back Pain in Rural Areas; Remote Care Quality & RPM’s Future. 

While Medicare telehealth policy is certainly important, we should not forget that there are also other coverage and reimbursement policies that will impact the utilization and reimbursement of telehealth, such as Medicaid and private payer policies.  Unlike the Medicare telehealth policies, the fate of telehealth private payer policies rest primarily in the hands of the states, as each state crafts their own policies regarding commercial payers’ coverage and reimbursement of telehealth delivered services.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is crafting an ambitious institute-wide strategy to guide its use and development of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies—and they are now seeking public input. The NIH is calling on researchers, health systems, developers, and stakeholders across sectors to help shape the direction of biomedical AI over the coming decade. The deadline for submitting comments is July 15, 2025.

The Rural Telehealth Research Center (RTRC) recently published a research and policy brief titled “Organizational Factors Associated with Using Telehealth Services: Perspectives from Leaders of Rural Health Clinics and Federally Qualified Health Centers.” The paper, which contains the findings of interviews conducted with leaders in rural health clinics (RHCs) and federally qualified health centers (FHQCs), focused on the challenges, trends and resources needed to provide services via telehealth in their clinics. The interviews were conducted between May – September 2024. Interviewees included leaders and staff of a select sample of RHCs and FQHCs who volunteered for this study and were located in six states: Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, Vermont, Virginia and Washington.  A total of seven FQHCs and 10 RHCs were involved in the interviews.

CCHP’s June newsletter is here! This month’s newsletter includes the following topics – CMS Releases Updated Telehealth and RPM MLN Booklet; CMS Launches New RPM Webpage to Clarify Coverage and Address Program Integrity Concerns; SCOTUS Asked to Review Patent Case with Telehealth Implications; CMS Proposes Continued Support for Cost-Based Telehealth Payments in Rural Hospitals Under FCHIP Extension; Latest Developments in CCHP’s Telehealth Policy Finder; FQHC Telehealth Policy Tracking is Back!; New Study Explores Mental Health Providers’ Comfort and Challenges with Telemedicine Prescriptions; Study Highlights Success of Telemedicine in Prehospital Respiratory Emergencies.