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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Key Telehealth Updates in the CY 2025 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule

On July 31, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued its proposed rule (“Proposed Rule”) for the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, which includes implications for telehealth services reimbursable...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Trending in Telehealth: November 15 – 28, 2023

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Trending in Telehealth highlights state legislative and regulatory developments that impact the healthcare providers, telehealth and digital health companies, pharmacists and technology companies that deliver and facilitate...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Healthcare Authority Newsletter - November 2023 #2

News Briefs - Lawmakers Reintroduce Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act - Federal lawmakers are trying again to push through immigration reform that would allow officials to recapture unused visas and reprocess them for...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Holland & Knight Health Dose: October 24, 2023

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Holland & Knight Health Dose is an in-depth weekly dose of legislative and regulatory insights to keep stakeholders abreast of happenings in Washington, D.C., impacting the health sector. ...more

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Key Healthcare Provisions of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023

Introduction On December 29, 2022, President Biden signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (the “Act”). The Act provides for nearly $1.7 trillion in funding across a range of domestic initiatives, including certain...more

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DOJ Announces Criminal Charges in Alleged $1.2 Billion Health Care Fraud Scheme

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Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it has filed charges against 36 defendants in relation to an alleged health care fraud scheme that resulted in approximately $1.2 billion in fraudulent payments....more

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CMS PFS Emphasizes Health Equity via Payment Policy Updates

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released its CY 2022 Physician Fee Schedule final rule on November 2 reflecting the Biden-Harris administration’s goal of increasing access to and quality of care and reducing...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Telehealth Risks Come into Focus; Some Payers Don't Cover Audio-Only

Report on Medicare Compliance 30, no. 8 (March 1, 2021) - After the 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule extended coverage of many telehealth services until the end of the public health emergency (PHE), including...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The “State” of Telehealth: New Jersey

This article is the first post in our new “State” of Telehealth series in which we discuss innovation on a state level on the expansion of telehealth access, coverage and reimbursement. On January 14, 2021, the New...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

CMS Revises 2021 Remote Patient Monitoring Rules, Issues Correction

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CMS just issued a correction to its guidance on 2021 Medicare rules for remote physiologic monitoring (RPM) services. The correction is effective January 1, 2021 and revises the preamble commentary in the Medicare Physician...more

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Health Care Reimbursement and Payor Dispute Update Special Edition – Year End Regulatory Review

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The Centers For Medicare & Medicaid Services Issues New Inpatient Prospective Payment System Final Rule - On September 3, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the fiscal year (FY) 2021 Medicare...more

Pullman & Comley - Connecticut Health Law

Happy New Year? 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule is a Mixed Bag

While much of the health care industry looks to put this year in the rear view mirror, planning ahead for Connecticut providers who treat Medicare beneficiaries requires taking stock of the recently issued Physician Fee...more

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2021 Medicare Remote Patient Monitoring FAQs: CMS Issues Final Rule

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On December 1, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized new policies related to remote patient monitoring aka remote physiologic monitoring or “RPM,” reimbursed under the Medicare program. The...more

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TREATS Act Aims to Expand Use of Telehealth to Treat Substance Use Disorder

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A bipartisan pair of US senators have proposed legislation that would allow certain controlled substances to be prescribed via an initial telehealth encounter and—under certain conditions—expand Medicare reimbursement of...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Executive Summary: Tracking Telehealth Changes State-by-State in Response to COVID-19 - July 2020

As states and federal agencies continue to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, they are also beginning to develop and implement permanent telehealth policy changes in order to continue to expand access to telehealth services beyond...more

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Telemedicine Fraud During COVID-19

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As a result of the Trump administration’s expanded Medicare telehealth coverage, providers are now able to offer and be reimbursed for a wider range of services provided via telemedicine. In light of the current COVID-19...more

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Introducing the HEALTH ACT: Expanding Medicare Reimbursement

Last week, new legislation was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives that would require Medicare to reimburse certain telehealth services post the public health emergency period. If passed, the bipartisan Helping...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

Telehealth Reimbursement Continues to Expand for Medicare and Medicaid

Last week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced additional waivers of limitations on Medicare reimbursement of telehealth services and updated its summary of COVID-19 blanket waivers. We’ve...more

Snell & Wilmer

Applications Open for $200 Million COVID-19 Telehealth Program

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As a follow up to our legal alert posted on April 7, 2020, the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") announced that it is accepting applications for its $200 million COVID-19 Telehealth Program as of April 13, 2020. As a...more

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FCC Adopts New Programs to Help Telehealth Services Combat COVID-19

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Update 04.10.2020: The FCC has launched an online portal explaining the application process for grants from the $200 million in funding to support telehealth services described in this client update. The FCC will begin...more

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COVID-19: Resources for Oncology Providers (Telehealth, Clinical Trials, Reporting Deadlines)

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Office for Civil Rights (OCR), the Office of the Inspector General (OIG), and other Federal and State agencies and...more

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California Makes It Easier to Provide Telehealth Services During the COVID-19 Emergency

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Recognizing the need to make health services available during the current state of emergency, California Governor Gavin Newsom issued Executive Order N-43-20 (the “Order”) on April 3, 2020. The Order temporarily expands the...more

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Health CARES - Title III of the CARES Act Impact on Telehealth

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As we previously reported, Congress passed and the President signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Pub. L. 116-136) (“CARES Act”) on March 27, 2020. We recently provided guidance on how the CARES Act...more

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Navigating COVID-19: Medicare Advantage and Part D Prescription Drug Plans

As the COVID-19 pandemic has emerged over the past month, state insurance departments have issued directives in reaction to the crisis, requiring such actions as a temporary moratorium on cancellations and coverage for...more

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CARES Act Expands Funding and Medicare Coverage For Telehealth Services

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The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act, recently passed by Congress and signed into law by President Trump, provides a number of important expansions of telehealth coverage during the public health...more

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