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Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

A Win for Virtual Care: Telehealth Flexibilities Remain in Place (For Now)

The short-term spending bill President Donald Trump signed into law last month included the extension of several telehealth waivers by entering a new termination date of Sept. 30 into the existing law. These waivers, called...more

Baker Donelson

Medicare Telehealth Waivers Extended Through September 2025

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On March 15, 2025, Congress passed and President Trump signed into law a Continuing Resolution that temporarily extends certain critical programs and appropriations through September 30, 2025. The legislation, titled the...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

COVID-19 Telehealth Flexibilities Extending and Enduring

In the wake of an end of year filled with intense negotiations and political wrangling, Congress has successfully enacted the American Relief Act, 2025 ("the Budget Bill" or "legislation"), narrowly averting a government...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Medicare Telehealth Flexibilities Extended Through March 2025

Certain telehealth flexibilities, including geographic requirements, have officially been extended. Just before midnight on Friday, December 20, 2024, by a vote of 366-34, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the American...more

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

CMS Issues Guidance for Providers on Waivers, Flexibilities and End of COVID-19 Public Health Emergency

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently issued a Fact Sheet (Fact Sheet) providing guidance on the impact of the end of the federal COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) on certain regulatory waivers,...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Telemental Health Laws: Overview - 2022

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Since 2016, Epstein Becker Green (EBG) has researched, compiled, and analyzed state-specific content relating to the regulatory requirements for professional mental/behavioral health practitioners and stakeholders seeking to...more

Holland & Knight LLP

2022 Congressional Outlook and Top 10 Federal Health Policy Issues to Watch

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As Congress reconvenes, it faces a packed agenda in a legislative year that will be shortened by the upcoming midterm elections and remains buffeted by the persistent coronavirus pandemic. The list of healthcare priorities is...more

Jackson Walker

Telemedicine Fraud During COVID-19

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As a result of the Trump administration’s expanded Medicare telehealth coverage, providers are now able to offer and be reimbursed for a wider range of services provided via telemedicine. In light of the current COVID-19...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

Senate HELP Committee Signals Support for Permanently Expanding Telehealth Access

Earlier this month, we wrote about what the future of telehealth might look like in a post-COVID-19 world. In that post, we referenced comments made by CMS Administrator Seema Verma, in which she voiced her support for...more

Snell & Wilmer

Applications Open for $200 Million COVID-19 Telehealth Program

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As a follow up to our legal alert posted on April 7, 2020, the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") announced that it is accepting applications for its $200 million COVID-19 Telehealth Program as of April 13, 2020. As a...more

Perkins Coie

FCC Adopts New Programs to Help Telehealth Services Combat COVID-19

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Update 04.10.2020: The FCC has launched an online portal explaining the application process for grants from the $200 million in funding to support telehealth services described in this client update. The FCC will begin...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

COVID-19: Resources for Oncology Providers (Telehealth, Clinical Trials, Reporting Deadlines)

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Office for Civil Rights (OCR), the Office of the Inspector General (OIG), and other Federal and State agencies and...more

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California Makes It Easier to Provide Telehealth Services During the COVID-19 Emergency

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Recognizing the need to make health services available during the current state of emergency, California Governor Gavin Newsom issued Executive Order N-43-20 (the “Order”) on April 3, 2020. The Order temporarily expands the...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Recent Trends in Telemedicine in China

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The COVID-19 outbreak inevitability has spurred unprecedented progress on a paradigm shift to telemedicine. According to a recent study by the Boston Consulting Group, China is already the world’s third largest Med Tech...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

FCC Moves Forward with COVID-19 Telehealth Program

The Program will guide disbursement of $200 million to health care providers for connected care services. Health care providers interested in receiving funds must complete a three-step process that requires advance planning....more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Health CARES - Title III of the CARES Act Impact on Telehealth

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As we previously reported, Congress passed and the President signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Pub. L. 116-136) (“CARES Act”) on March 27, 2020. We recently provided guidance on how the CARES Act...more

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Navigating COVID-19: Medicare Advantage and Part D Prescription Drug Plans

As the COVID-19 pandemic has emerged over the past month, state insurance departments have issued directives in reaction to the crisis, requiring such actions as a temporary moratorium on cancellations and coverage for...more

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Buchalter Client Alert COVID-19: CMS Issues Blanket Waivers of Stark Law During COVID-19 Emergency

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, (“CMS”) announced this week that it will pay claims for designated health services related to COVID-19 that would ordinarily violate the Stark Law. On March 30, 2020, the...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

CMS Issues Broad Package of Blanket Waivers Under Section 1135

The updated waivers build upon the more limited set of Section 1135 waivers issued on March 13, 2020, and address common concerns among Medicare providers and suppliers as they deal with the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic....more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

FCC Chairman Proposes Plan to Implement CARES Act Funding for Telehealth Program

On Monday, the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Ajit Pai, circulated a plan to his fellow Commissioners detailing how the $200 million the agency will receive via the CARES Act should be deployed for a...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

CMS' Blanket Waiver of Stark Law Sanctions During the COVID-19 Outbreak: Opportunities and Limitations | Healthcare Law Blog

On Monday, March, 30, 2020, CMS released a blanket waiver (the “Waiver”) of the physician self-referral law under section 1135 of the Social Security Act to enable health care provider responses to the COVID-19 outbreak. ...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Healthcare Private Equity and COVID-19: Eight More Things to Consider as Pandemic Continues

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As effects from the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic set in, stay-at-home orders and business closures are disrupting American lives and businesses. The healthcare industry is no exception, with the pandemic both...more

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CMS Eases Healthcare Provider Enrollment Process in Response to COVID-19 Crisis

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As the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic continues to strain the healthcare industry, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) eased healthcare provider enrollment rules. CMS has significantly streamlined...more

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HHS Limited Waiver and Guidance on HIPAA and the Privacy Rule During COVID-19 Pandemic

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Since the outbreak of COVID-19, the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has issued various guidance documents on compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Telehealth Flexibility: Key Regulatory Changes that Providers Should Know

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While providers struggle to provide health care to their patients amid the coronavirus contagion concerns, recent regulatory and reimbursement changes will help ease the path to the provision of healthcare via telehealth....more

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