Telehealth Policy Resources & Reports

Reports

Impact of Audio-only Telephone in Delivering Health Services During COVID-19 and Prospects for Future Payment Policies & Medical Board Regulations

October 11, 2021

CCHP conducted a small study on the use of audio-only to treat Medicaid patients in a federally qualified health center (FQHC). Selecting a group of states that at the time the research was being conducted had the highest number of COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people per the CDC, we examined each state’s Medicaid policies in fee-for-service that existed pre-pandemic, what was allowed during COVID-19, and what audio-only policies may have been made permanent.

Webinar

Telehealth & Medicaid – Medicaid Telehealth Permanent Policies

October 08, 2021

Policymakers on the federal and state level continue to decide which of the temporary telehealth policies to keep after the public health emergency is over. This webinar will focus on the permanent telehealth policy changes Medicaid programs have made and what went into those decisions.

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Newsletter

Telefraud vs. Telehealth – Is it Really Telemedicine Fraud?

October 06, 2021

In September, the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed formal charges against 138 defendants in multiple health care fraud cases. The largest fraud, resulting in $1.1 billion in allegedly false and fraudulent claims, has been categorized by many news outlets, and even in the DOJ press release as ‘telemedicine fraud’. The actual fraud involved telemedicine company executives paying doctors and nurse practitioners to order unnecessary durable medical equipment (DME) and other testing without a patient interaction, or just based on a brief telephonic conversation.

CA Coalition

The Digital Divide & Telehealth

October 05, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted how important internet-based technology is to access telehealth services and how the digital divide exacerbates existing inequities in access to health care. Many patients without adequate internet access have needed to rely on audio-only telehealth for their care. In response to the digital divide, Governor Newsom and the California Legislature have leveraged the state surplus to make a landmark state investment in broadband infrastructure in a bold attempt to close the digital divide. Join our panel discussion on the current state of these digital inequities within California and how it affects patients and providers. Panelists will provide background on the fundamentals of broadband and how California’s investment in broadband infrastructure will impact the digital divide.

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Webinar

Telehealth & Medicaid – Telehealth & Patients with Disabilities

October 05, 2021

As telehealth became more widely utilized during COVID-19, it became clear that some segments of the population may be left behind due to inability to access the technology. One segment of the population, patients with disabilities, may have encountered unique barriers to accessing care through telehealth. This webinar will focus on what Medicaid programs and other state agencies have done to help ensure people with disabilities can utilize telehealth.

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Resources & Reports

Impact of Audio-only Telephone in Delivering Health Services During COVID-19 and Prospects for Future Payment Policies & Medical Board Regulations

Telehealth & Medicaid – Medicaid Telehealth Permanent Policies

The Digital Divide & Telehealth

Telehealth & Medicaid – Telehealth & Patients with Disabilities

NEWS

The Role of Telehealth in Managing Chronic Illness Before Complications Arise

DEA's draft special telehealth reg rule should be tossed, healthcare orgs say

Low Medicaid telehealth reimbursement contributing to workforce crisis at FQHCs

Congress 'stumbling through the dark' on telehealth extension

Telehealth fears remain as Congress balks on extensions