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Exploring the Virtual Care Policy Landscape One Year Post-PHE

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May 11, 2024, marked one year since the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), and not much has changed in Medicare telehealth policy. We are still operating under temporary waivers and flexibilities and, as a...more

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President Biden Releases FY 2025 Budget: What’s NOT in It?

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Earlier this week, President Biden released his Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 President’s Budget. As a reminder, every year, the White House releases a budget that serves as its official funding request to Congress for the following...more

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Remote Monitoring and Digital Therapies: CMS Updates Coverage and Payment Policies

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In recent years, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has expanded payment for remote monitoring services in an effort to pay for non-face-to-face services that improve care coordination for Medicare...more

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Leveraging Medicaid to Support Children and Youth Living With Complex Behavioral Health Needs

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Editor’s Note: In a new report prepared for The Commonwealth Fund, Manatt Health and its co-authors provide an actionable framework and strategies for how state-level policymakers can use Medicaid and the Children’s Health...more

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Tele-Prescribing Flexibilities Extended Again in Second Temporary Rule

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This month, the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”), in conjunction with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (“SAMHSA”), issued a Second Temporary Rule further extending the telemedicine waivers...more

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DEA Reverses Course and Extends Telehealth Prescriptions of Controlled Substances

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Reversing previously proposed rules, the DEA recently issued new guidance allowing the continued use of telehealth when prescribing controlled substances following the end of the Covid-19 public health emergency (“PHE”)....more

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Key Takeaways from the Foley/PYA “Let’s Talk Compliance” 2-Day Virtual Conference

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Session #1: State of the Healthcare Industry Effective Compliance Plans and Enforcement Trends - In their discussion of compliance program effectiveness and enforcement, attorneys Kolarik and Waltz and Ms. Sumner...more

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State Policy Levers to Improve Access to Telebehavioral Health

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The United States continues to face a behavioral health crisis that has worsened due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021, nearly 40% of adults reported symptoms of depression or anxiety, an increase from 10% in 2019....more

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CMS Greenlights Certain Telebehavioral Health Services Beyond the Public Health Emergency and Provides Important Incentives for...

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The COVID-19 Global Pandemic compelled the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) to revamp its approach to regulating telehealth services and temporarily embrace the modality as a practical treatment option. In...more

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Day 1 Notes for the 39th Annual J.P Morgan Healthcare Conference, 2021

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Sitting in the dark before 6 am in my Los Angeles house with my face lit up by yet another Zoom screen, wearing a stylish combination of sweatpants, dress shirt and last year’s JPM conference badge dangling around my neck for...more

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