Center for Connected Health Policy

📊💻 New Release: CCHP’s Fall 2024 Telehealth Policy Summary Report 💻📊 We’re excited to announce the release of the Fall 2024 Telehealth Policy Summary Report from the Center for Connected Health Policy (CCHP). This comprehensive report provides valuable insights into the latest state-level trends and policy changes impacting the telehealth landscape across the U.S. Key highlights include: -Updated policies on telehealth coverage, reimbursement, and licensing. -State-level trends and shifts in telehealth regulations. -A closer look at how states are shaping the future of telemedicine. This report is a must-read for healthcare professionals, policymakers, and anyone invested in the future of telehealth. 🔗 Access the full summary report, infographic, and state by state summary chart here: https://lnkd.in/gwMfYbaE #Telehealth #HealthPolicy #Telemedicine #CCHP #Fall2024 #HealthcareInnovation #TelehealthPolicy

Providers, patients and digital health companies are ramping up their calls for more certainty that Medicare will continue to reimburse them for telehealth appointments after the current authority to do so expires on April 1. #telehealth #telehealthpolicy #access #Medicare

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have announced a delay in the effective date for the recently issued final rules regarding the telemedicine prescribing of buprenorphine and telemedicine for Veterans Affairs Patients (which are further detailed below). Originally scheduled to become effective February 18, the rules will now take effect on March 21, 2025. #telehealth #telehealthpolicy #prescribing

CU Anschutz researchers find that primary care and telehealth can effectively help people manage diabetes with advanced technology #telehealth #access #primarycare #technology

The Alliance for Connected Care has asked U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi to intervene on proposed Drug Enforcement Agency e-prescribing rules, urging broader telehealth access. #telehealth #telehealthpolicy #prescribing #access

The DEA's proposed special registrations for telehealth prescribing of controlled substances could add to provider burdens and costs but will likely not be passed as proposed. #telehealth #access #telehealthpolicy #prescribing

The virtual care organization said the Drug Enforcement Administration's draft framework would impose on clinical decision-making. It also flagged compliance impracticalities around provider exclusions and arbitrary requirements. #telehealth #telehealthpolicy #prescribing

A new study published in JAMA Network Open finds that low Medicaid telehealth reimbursement in New York State may be exacerbating a workforce crisis at Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), particularly among mental health care practitioners. The challenge compounds existing financial instability at FQHCs and barriers to telehealth access among low-income New Yorkers who rely on safety-net care.  #telehealth #telehealthpolicy #access

Cross-state practice issues continue to be some of the most complex policy areas related to the use of telehealth. Since telehealth is generally considered rendered at the patient’s location, if the provider is located in a different jurisdiction than the patient at the time of a telehealth visit, technically both states’ laws and requirements will apply to the provision of care. Over the last year, CCHP has covered some of the most prominent legal cases challenging this cross-state practice construct more extensively (see New Jersey Telemedicine Licensure Court Case – dated April 16, 2024 and CCHP 2024 Webinar Series: Cross-State Licensure Court Cases), and today’s newsletter seeks to provide additional legal updates and clarifications around policies applying to the use of telehealth across state lines. #telehealth #telehealthpolicy #licensure

How Telehealth Is Broadening Access to Early Palliative Care and Improving Outcomes for Patients With Advanced Lung Cancer #telehealth #access #virtualcare