by Marlene | Jan 17, 2021 | COVID-19
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 Maheu, Ph. D | Aug 29, 2020 | CPT Codes
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is preparing to eliminate the majority (74) of the temporary telehealth CPT codes created during the pandemic once the public health emergency (PHE) ends. It is, however, adding 13 new codes, and keeping 9 codes...
by Marlene Maheu, Ph. D | Aug 7, 2020 | COVID-19
In an announcement by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex M. Azar II on July 25, 2020, the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) has officially been extended until October of this year. As a result of the continued consequences of...
by Marlene Maheu, Ph. D | Aug 6, 2020 | Uncategorized
On July 16, Rep. David Schweikert (AZ-06), Co-Chair of the Congressional Telehealth Caucus, along with caucus Co-Chairs Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-05), Rep. Peter Welch (VT-AL), Rep. Bill Johnson (OH-06), and caucus member Rep. Doris Matsui (CA-06), announced the...
by Marlene Maheu, Ph. D | Aug 6, 2020 | Telepsychology
Given the funding that has recently been pouring into healthcare technology due to COVID-19 in the first quarter of 2020, the behavioral health community can expect that many current innovations will be more visible in the market soon. Healthcare has been changed...
