With employers, schools and other organizations considering or carrying out reopening procedures, the focus for health and safety authorities turns to maintaining a low-risk environment for the public. While OSHA addresses...more
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
With the COVID-19 pandemic response and civil discourse on race and health disparities raising new questions about the future of U.S. health care policy, the winners of the 2020 federal elections will face a multitude of...more
On Monday, July 27, Senate Republicans released a series of bills to embody the latest COVID-19 relief package. Proposing several separate bills at once gives the Senate the option of passing provisions that enjoy broader...more
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Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
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Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Relief Measures ,
Telehealth ,
Unemployment Insurance ,
Virus Testing
Telehealth has emerged as a crucial lifeline during the COVID-19 public health emergency, mitigating both the spread of disease by infected individuals and the risk of becoming infected for healthy patients. Recognizing this,...more
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