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Fact Sheet: Policy Opportunities to Expand Equitable Access to Telehealth across New York State

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Background - Telehealth utilization spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic, facilitated by state and federal policy change through the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) declaration. Use has tapered off from the height...more

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2024: The Year of the Telehealth Cliff

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What does December 31, 2024, mean to you? New Year’s Eve? Post-2024 election? Too far away to know? Our answer: December 31, 2024, is when we will go over a “telehealth cliff” if Congress fails to act before that date,...more

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Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up Newsletter | May 2023 Recap

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This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights significant regulatory activity for May 2023. We discuss several criminal and civil enforcement actions that involve violations of the False Claims Act (FCA)...more

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Telehealth Model Legislation—A Comparison of AMA, FSMB and ULC Model Bills and Guidelines

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The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic spurred a drastic increase in telehealth utilization across the country, which meaningfully changed the way providers deliver care and illuminated novel state telehealth policy design...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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Telehealth Policies in the Omnibus FY 2022 Spending Bill

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After weeks of negotiations and months of temporary stopgap funding bills since the federal fiscal year started in October 2021, on Tuesday the President signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022, an omnibus funding...more

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Emerging Trends in Out-of-State Telehealth Licensure Legislation

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Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, states typically required providers to be licensed in the state(s) where they were practicing. In response to the pandemic, nearly all states provided temporary waivers of these requirements....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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Medicare Telehealth Update: CMS Releases CY2022 PFS Proposed Rule

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On July 23, 2021, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released the CY 2022 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule (“Proposed Rule”) which outlines several proposed changes to reimbursement of Medicare telehealth...more

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Transforming Primary Healthcare for Women: A Framework for Addressing Gaps and Barriers

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Editor’s Note: The U.S. primary healthcare system does not effectively meet women’s needs during the teen and young adult years and/or as they age and transition through later stages of life. In a new report prepared in...more

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