The American Medical Association (AMA) and Manatt Health Strategies (Manatt Health) gathered a diverse working group of stakeholders representative of physician practices and health systems, large employers, health plans and...more
President Biden set an ambitious health care agenda in his campaign and maintained that focus as he took office. The Biden administration has expressed a strong commitment to “protect and build on the Affordable Care Act,...more
2/16/2022
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As the COVID-19 pandemic continues across the United States, states, payers, and providers are looking for ways to expand access to telehealth servic es. Telehealth is an essential tool in ensuring patients are able to access...more
2/14/2022
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As the COVID-19 pandemic continues across the United States, states, payers, and providers are looking for ways to expand access to telehealth servic es. Telehealth is an essential tool in ensuring patients are able to access...more
1/31/2022
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As the COVID-19 pandemic continues across the United States, states, payers, and providers are looking for ways to expand access to telehealth servic es. Telehealth is an essential tool in ensuring patients are able to access...more
12/3/2021
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On November 2, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released Medicare Program; CY 2022 Payment Policies under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Changes to Part B Payment Policies;...more
11/16/2021
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Editor’s Note: The COVID-19 pandemic drove significant expansion in state and federal telehealth policies, playing a critical role in ensuring access to substance use disorder (SUD) services, even during quarantine. ...more
11/10/2021
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As the COVID-19 pandemic continues across the United States, states, payers, and providers are looking for ways to expand access to telehealth services. Telehealth is an essential tool in ensuring patients are able to access...more
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues across the United States, states, payers, and providers are looking for ways to expand access to telehealth services. Telehealth is an essential tool in ensuring patients are able to access...more
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues across the United States, states, payers, and providers are looking for ways to expand access to telehealth services. Telehealth is an essential tool in ensuring patients are able to access...more
10/8/2021
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A New Webinar From the AMA and Manatt Shares How Telehealth Policies Changed During COVID-19, What That Means for Substance Use Disorder Treatment—and What’s Next...
The COVID-19 pandemic drove significant expansion in...more
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues across the United States, states, payers, and providers are looking for ways to expand access to telehealth services. Telehealth is an essential tool in ensuring patients are able to access...more
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues across the United States, states, payers, and providers are looking for ways to expand access to telehealth services. Telehealth is an essential tool in ensuring patients are able to access...more
8/24/2021
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On July 13, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the annual Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) proposed rule for calendar year (CY) 2022. The MPFS establishes fee-for-service payments for physicians...more
8/16/2021
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As the COVID-19 pandemic continues across the United States, states, payers, and providers are looking for ways to expand access to telehealth services. Telehealth is an essential tool in ensuring patients are able to access...more
The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically and permanently altered the telehealth landscape for teaching hospitals, also known as academic medical centers (AMCs). While many AMCs had begun to offer telehealth services before the...more
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues across the United States, states, payers, and providers are looking for ways to expand access to telehealth services. Telehealth is an essential tool in ensuring patients are able to access...more
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues across the United States, states, payers, and providers are looking for ways to expand access to telehealth services. Telehealth is an essential tool in ensuring patients are able to access...more
Editor’s Note: Spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic and the adoption of innovative technologies, the U.S. health care system is transitioning to a new era of digitally enabled care characterized by delivery models that fully...more
Adoption of virtual care1 has skyrocketed during the COVID-19 pandemic; however, the “digital divide”—the gap between individuals who use or have access to telecommunications and information technologies and those who do...more
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On April 15th, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) announced the renewal of the Public Health Emergency (PHE).
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The COVID-19 PHE will be renewed...more
As highlighted in our September 2020 article, “Frequently Asked Questions: Telephonic Services as a Form of Telehealth,” in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, federal and state policy makers have significantly increased...more
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues across the United States, states, payers, and providers are looking for ways to expand access to telehealth services. Telehealth is an essential tool in ensuring patients are able to access...more
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Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have dramatically—but temporarily—expanded coverage and reimbursement for telehealth services....more
12/16/2020
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On November 20, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) finalized a set of sweeping changes to the regulatory framework that governs fraud and abuse in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Among other changes,...more