Resources & Reports

Newsletter

Telehealth Policy Heats Up with Abortion Decision… Plus, Telehealth SUD Recommendations from White House & More!

CCHP’s July Newsletter is Here! This month’s topics include: Abortion Decision Impact on Telemedicine & Privacy; CMS Releases CY 2023 Proposed Physician Fee Schedule (PFS); White House ONDCP Report & Recommendations on Telehealth and SUD Services during COVID-19; Latest Policy Developments in CCHP’s Telehealth Policy Finder and Policy Trends Map; OIG Semi-Annual Report Highlights Telehealth Activities in Six Month Period; CMS Requests Comments on Collection of Information on Use of Telecommunication Technology in Home Health Prospective Payment System; FSMB Updates Telemedicine Guidance; CMS Updates Guidance Documents with Telehealth Clarifications for FQHCs, RHCs and Diabetes Self-Management Training Program; Analysis of Telehealth Medicare E&M Claims Data.

Newsletter

FAIR Health Study Showcases Importance of Telehealth to Mental Health Treatment

FAIR Health recently released an issue brief looking at “The Evolution of Telehealth during the COVID-19 Pandemic” utilizing data from their Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker. FAIR Health receives voluntarily provided claims data, housing the country’s largest collection of private payer healthcare claims, while also receiving Medicare data, which allows them the ability to produce valuable reports for various government and healthcare entities. For the issue brief, FAIR Health focused on private payer claims.

Webinar

Medicaid & State Telehealth Policy – Medicaid Telehealth Policy & Substance Use Disorder

In addition to COVID-19, the United States faced another public health crisis, the opioid epidemic. During COVID-19, some substance use disorder (SUD) patients found themselves cut off from care. Telehealth was used to help alleviate some of these access issues. In this webinar, we’ll hear about various approaches to the use of telehealth to treat SUD from federal, state and local perspectives.

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