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California’s Bold Experiment with Whole-Person Centered Care: Has it Worked?

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CalAIM is an initiative of the California Department of Health Care Services (the Department) to improve the quality of life and health outcomes of Medi-Cal members by implementing delivery system, program, and payment...more

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CMS to Withdraw Federal Medicaid Match for Workforce, Social Needs, and Infrastructure: What States, Health Care Providers and...

In a move signaling a major shift in federal priorities, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) recently announced it will limit federal funding for state Medicaid initiatives that support services beyond direct...more

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Unlocking the Future of Healthcare: How to Drive Innovative Strategies

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Episode 14: Unlocking the Future of Healthcare: How to Drive Innovative Strategies - In this episode of Bright Minds in Healthcare Delivery, host Eric Tower interviews Michael Stamatinos, who has nearly 20 years of experience...more

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FCC Updates Broadband Map to Highlight Health Disparities

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On December 13, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced significant updates to its Mapping Broadband Health in America platform. This enhanced tool, now incorporating a range of new health metrics, aims to...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

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Interstate Licensing Compacts and Universal License Recognition for NC Healthcare Professionals

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Individual state legislatures and the District of Columbia have traditionally determined the licensure requirements for professionals to practice in their jurisdiction. As a result, there is an inherent lack of uniformity of...more

Jones Day

Vital Signs: Digital Health Law Update | Fall 2023

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We bring you Vital Signs, a curated, one-stop resource on the most notable digital health law updates from our U.S. and global contributors. In Industry Insights, our lawyers describe the increasingly common regulation of...more

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Idaho’s New Virtual Care [Telehealth] Access Act

Idaho’s new Virtual Care Access Act (the “Act”) amends Idaho’s existing law to make it easier to render telehealth in Idaho effective July 1, 2023. The requirements of the new Act are summarized below....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

Cranfill Sumner LLP

Telemedicine in North Carolina: The Basics

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The United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Corradi v. Kolls, No. 4:22-CV-011, 2022 WL 4006928 (W.D. Va. Sept. 1, 2022) recently denied a motion to dismiss filed by a defendant North Carolina...more

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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

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OCR Issues Remote Communication Technologies HIPAA Guidance for Audio-Only Telehealth Services

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The use of telehealth and remote communication technologies has skyrocketed since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. At the beginning of the pandemic, the Office of Civil Rights for Health and Human Services (“OCR”) notified...more

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White House’s FY 2023 Budget Request Includes Healthcare Provisions

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President Biden submitted his Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 budget request to Congress on March 28, 2022. The budget request is not binding on Congress. Rather, it may serve as a guide for both Congress and the administration as they...more

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Telemental Health Laws: Overview

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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

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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

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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

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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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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

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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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CMS Releases Additional Section 1135 Waivers and Flexibilities to Assist the U.S. Healthcare System with COVID-19 Patient Surge

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On March 30, 2020, CMS issued additional Section 1135 blanket waivers to provide the American healthcare system with additional flexibility to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. CMS is authorized under Section 1135 of the...more

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Louisiana Governor Encourages Use of Telehealth During Coronavirus Emergency

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On March 19, in further response to the public health emergency that he declared on March 11, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards issued a proclamation announcing additional measures to combat the spread of the novel...more

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COVID-19 Testing Group Health Plan Mandated Coverage Requirements

The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (Act), signed into law Wednesday, requires group health plans to provide coverage for coronavirus (COVID-19) diagnostic testing, including the cost of healthcare provider visits (as...more

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

Massachusetts Issues New COVID-19 Guidance and Updates

Massachusetts government agencies have issued recent guidance and updates concerning the COVID-19 emergency. ...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

MA Health Policy Updates – Moves to Strengthen HPC and Expand Telemedicine

In a recent Alert, the Mintz Levin Health Law Practice and ML Strategies provided a comprehensive look at recent developments in Massachusetts health policy. In addition to a detailed report on recent Health Policy Commission...more

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Recent Developments in Massachusetts Health Policy

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Building on the momentum of early October hearings on the state’s growing health care expenditures, the Health Policy Commission (HPC), the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing, Governor Charlie Baker, and others spent...more

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