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ATA EDGE Policy Conference 2024: Preparing for the “Superbowl of Telehealth”

The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) brought key telehealth stakeholders and policymakers together for the annual ATA EDGE policy conference on December 13-15, 2023, in Washington, D.C. Since 2020, patients and...more

12/26/2023 / Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Health Care Providers , Physicians , Telehealth , Telemedicine

Federal Health Care Legislative Agenda: Fall Updates

As Congress returns and summer turns to fall, the federal health care legislative agenda remains crowded. While much near-term energy is focused on September 30 and averting a shutdown of the federal government before the...more

9/8/2023 / Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Continuing Resolution , Pharmaceutical Industry , Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM)

CMS Annual Physician Fee Schedule Updates: Effects on Telehealth Services

The annual Medicare physician payment rule is upon us, proposed July 13, 2023, for calendar year (CY) 2024 and open for public comment through September 11. Each year, the couple-of-thousand-page rule makes modifications to...more

7/28/2023 / Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Health Care Providers , Medicare , Physician Fee Schedule , Physicians , Telehealth

The American Telemedicine Association Leads the Industry Commenting on Medicare Updates to Telehealth Policy

Faegre Drinker professionals Megan Herber, Sarah-Lloyd Stevenson and Libby Baney provide ongoing support to the American Telemedicine Association’s (ATA) policy work. This week, the comment period closed for the calendar...more

10/8/2020 / Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Health Care Providers , Medicare , Physician Fee Schedule , Telehealth , Telemedicine

A Day in Telehealth History: Access to Telehealth Services Expanded, Requirements to Facilitate Virtual Visits Relaxed in Response...

March 17, 2020, will be a day to remember in the history of telehealth in the U.S. Thanks to a slew of federal policy changes, it is now easier for providers to offer telehealth, more people can access telehealth services,...more

3/19/2020 / Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Coronavirus/COVID-19 , Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) , Infectious Diseases , Telehealth

New CMS Regulation Proposes Another Set of Plan-Friendly Tweaks to Medicare Advantage

On February 5, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed several interesting tweaks to the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D programs through an 895-page proposed regulation, Contract Year 2021...more

2/12/2020 / Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Medicare , Medicare Advantage , Medicare Part D , Prescription Drugs

Congress, Candidates and the White House Agree: Telehealth Is Policy to Get Behind

This week, a bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduced the long-awaited updated version of the CONNECT for Health Act, a bill that is likely to be the most comprehensive bipartisan telehealth reform package to be...more

10/31/2019 / Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Health Care Providers , Telehealth

Megan Herber

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

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