by Marlene | Jan 17, 2021 | COVID-19, Public Health Emergency
On January 7, Alex M. Azar II, Secretary of Health and Human Services, renewed the state of affairs related to the COVID pandemic as a Public Health Emergency for another 3 months. Since January 2020, The Public Health Emergency Declaration is effective for 90 days...
by Marlene | Dec 24, 2020 | Blog
Dear TBHI Community Member, Certainly, 2020 has been a year unlike any other. We have faced a worldwide pandemic that has changed our lives and work in previously unimagined ways. There is no doubt that it has been a year of loss, lost opportunities, and compounded...
by Marlene | Dec 22, 2020 | Legal
The Mental Health Telemedicine Expansion Act – H. R. 1301 was passed into law as part of the Omnibus Appropriations and Coronavirus Relief Package on December 21, 2020. An abbreviated version excerpted for the telehealth community can be found here:...
by Marlene | Dec 22, 2020 | Legislation, Medicare
On Monday evening of 12/21/2020, the US Congress passed a $2.3 trillion appropriation bill that delivers $900 billion in new COVID-19 relief and $1.4 trillion to fund the federal government through September 30, 2021. The Omnibus Appropriations and Coronavirus Relief...
by Marlene | Dec 16, 2020 | Uncategorized
The Washington Telemedicine Law requires telemedicine training for most healthcare licensees starting January 1, 2021. Washington state legislators have taken a landmark step toward making telemedicine law (and general telehealth law) more clearly defined and...
