by Kathy Judy | Mar 22, 2021 | HHS, Legal, Legislation, PSYPACT
Prior to the pandemic, only 2.4% of employer health plans used telehealth in 2018. A few months into the pandemic, telehealth accounted for approximately 7 in 10 medical visits and Amazon is announcing that they will soon offer telehealth services to employers. The...
by Romaisa Asim | Feb 9, 2021 | COVID-19, Legislation
, The Equal Access to Care Act was reintroduced this week after having been submitted last year, and dying in committee. It would expand access to telehealth licensure to treat patients in any state for up to six months beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. The bill’s...
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 | Legislation
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...
by Marlene Maheu, Ph. D | Oct 23, 2020 | Legislation
As part of the Telebehavioral Health Institute’s effort to keep you updated, this article offers a roundup of breaking telehealth reimbursement news for October 2020. The most significant development impacting the events of this month is that the National...
by Marlene Maheu, Ph. D | Aug 24, 2020 | Legislation
Congresswoman Ann Wagner (R-MO), Chair of the House Suburban Caucus, released the following statement after she introduced the new telehealth legislation titled the Telehealth Act, a package that includes nine separate telehealth bills. The pandemic has mandated we...
