TBHI Telehealth Blog
Telehealth Act HR 7992: Telehealth Legislation Combines Nine Separate Bills
Congresswoman Ann Wagner (R-MO), Chair of the House Suburban Caucus, released the following statement after she...
California Telehealth Regulation: Board of Psychology Proposal Comment Period
Proposed California Telehealth Regulation: Board of Psychology Comment Period This week, the California Board of...
Talkspace Therapy Is Questioned Again
Talkspace therapy claims were challenged in an August 7, 2020 article published in the New York Times. Writers...
Hybrid Telehealth: Telehealth and In-Person Healthcare
Hybrid telehealth refers to the combination of telehealth and in-person healthcare. Increasingly, both aspects of...
Telehealth Is As Good As In-Person Care? Consider the Telehealth Evidence
While the data clearly has shown that telehealth is just as good as in-person care for a wide variety of...
Fraudulent HIPAA Postcard Scam: Communication Alert from OCR for Organizations
A fraudulent HIPAA postcard scam is being sent out, first-class, to healthcare organizations. It has recently...
HIPAA Security Measures: Managing Risk in Your Practice
Implementing HIPAA security measures to manage risk in your practice has never been more important. With the rise...
Executive Order on Improving Rural Health and Telehealth Access
President Issues Executive Order on Improving Rural Health and Telehealth Access In an announcement by the United...
Telehealth Disparities Under the COVID-19 Pandemic
Telehealth Disparities Under COVID-19 Pandemic for American Indian/Alaskan Native and African-American People...
Reimbursement Approved for Counseling Patients to Self-Isolate During COVID-19 Testing
On July 30, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Centers for Disease Control and...
COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Extended
In an announcement by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex M. Azar II on July 25,...
OCR Settlements on the Rise as HHS Resumes Enforcement
With two OCR settlements announced within the span of a week, it seems the Department of Health and Human...
HIPAA Compliant Telehealth Using Your Apple TV
As more providers turn to telehealth, they are looking to new technologies. Since many providers weren’t...
Telehealth Predictions: Access, Reimbursement & Fraud
On July 16, Rep. David Schweikert (AZ-06), Co-Chair of the Congressional Telehealth Caucus, along with caucus...
HIPAA Changes 2020
HIPAA Changes 2020: HHS Privacy and Security Since 2013, there hasn’t been any significant changes to HIPAA,...
Four Types of Telehealth: Advantages and Uses
Given the funding that has recently been pouring into healthcare technology due to COVID-19 in the first quarter...
Should I Use My iPhone for Telehealth?
Using an iPhone for telehealth may seem like a reasonable choice to the casual onlooker. The ease and convenience...
Telemedicine Fraud
Telemedicine Fraud Increases Access to telehealth has grown rapidly since the start of the COVID-19 public health...
Telehealth Reform: US Congress Heeds Public Outcry
Continued public outcry for telehealth reform has led to a remarkable display of bipartisanship, with...
Support Groups
Virtual COVID-19 Support Groups (9,900) and HIPAA Demand for virtual support groups for recovered COVID-19...
"What about telehealth billing?" Answers to Your Questions About Billable Telehealth Services and Telehealth CPT Codes during COVID
Telehealth billing practices have been challenged and telehealth CPT codes have been turned…