Executive Summary -
Telehealth utilization spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic, facilitated by state and federal policy change implemented in response to the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) declaration. Utilization...more
Support for this work was provided by the New York Health Foundation (NYHealth). NYHealth’s mission is to improve the health of all New Yorkers, especially people of color and others who have been historically marginalized....more
The purpose of this quarterly tracker is to identify key federal and state health AI policy activity. Below reflects federal legislative and regulatory activity to date related to AI, and state legislative activity introduced...more
4/24/2024
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
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Regulatory Agenda
Florida passed S.B. 7016, which:
Expands the telehealth minority maternity care program from a pilot to a statewide program....more
Background -
Telehealth utilization spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic, facilitated by state and federal policy change through the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) declaration. Use has tapered off from the height...more
3/28/2024
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Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Licensing Rules ,
Medical Reimbursement ,
Patient Access ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Telehealth ,
Telemedicine
S. 3430: Better Mental Health Care, Lower-Cost Drugs, and Extenders Act of 2023 Introduced December 7, 202-
This bill would require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to:
Establish requirements for a code or...more
12/15/2023
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Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Physician Fee Schedule ,
Prescription Drug Coverage ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Telehealth ,
Telemedicine
Background Three years following the onset of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), states across the United States continue to enact permanent changes to telehealth laws that impact how physicians and other health care...more
Three years following the onset of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), states across the United States continue to enact permanent changes to telehealth laws that impact how physicians and other providers can deliver...more
11/9/2023
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The COVID-19 pandemic catalyzed a dramatic rise in the use of telehealth nationwide to deliver health care services to Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) enrollees. In response to the health crisis, both...more
10/18/2023
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Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) ,
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Data Collection ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Medicaid ,
North Carolina ,
Telehealth ,
Webinars
S. 2880: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand the scope of practitioners eligible for payment for telehealth services under the Medicare program, and for other purposes....more
10/2/2023
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Patient Access ,
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Regulatory Agenda ,
Telehealth ,
Telemedicine
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues across the United States, states, payers, and providers are looking for ways to expand access to telehealth services. Telehealth is an essential tool in ensuring patients are able to access...more
4/10/2023
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Emergency Response ,
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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
HRSA ,
Infectious Diseases ,
MedPAC ,
National Institute of Health (NIH) ,
OCR ,
Patient Access ,
Payment Systems ,
Public Health ,
Telehealth ,
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Title X
Catalyzed by the COVID-19 pandemic, many behavioral health care providers have implemented telehealth services to augment existing partial hospitalization programs (PHPs) and intensive outpatient programs (IOPs). In a new...more
The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic spurred a drastic increase in telehealth utilization across the country, which meaningfully changed the way providers deliver care and illuminated novel state telehealth policy design...more
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues across the United States, states, payers, and providers are looking for ways to expand access to telehealth services. Telehealth is an essential tool in ensuring patients are able to access...more
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues across the United States, states, payers, and providers are looking for ways to expand access to telehealth services. Telehealth is an essential tool in ensuring patients are able to access...more
5/23/2022
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The United States continues to face a behavioral health crisis that has worsened due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021, nearly 40% of adults reported symptoms of depression or anxiety, an increase from 10% in 2019....more
5/5/2022
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Mental Health ,
Patient Access ,
Physician Fee Schedule ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Telehealth ,
Telemedicine
In January 2021, Manatt Health described the ten health care imperatives essential for improving our health care system and advancing health equity in the 2020s. Now two years into the decade, we have released our 2022...more
5/3/2022
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Digital Health ,
Disparate Impact ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Healthcare Workers ,
Hospitals ,
Long Term Care Facilities ,
Mental Health ,
Patient Access ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
PHI ,
Physicians ,
Public Health ,
Webinars
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues across the United States, states, payers, and providers are looking for ways to expand access to telehealth services. Telehealth is an essential tool in ensuring patients are able to access...more
4/25/2022
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Health Insurance ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Medicaid ,
Medical Reimbursement ,
Medicare ,
Patient Access ,
Rate Parity Agreement ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Telehealth ,
Telemedicine
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues across the United States, states, payers, and providers are looking for ways to expand access to telehealth services. Telehealth is an essential tool in ensuring patients are able to access...more
4/11/2022
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Regulatory Agenda ,
State of Emergency ,
Telehealth ,
Telemedicine
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues across the United States, states, payers, and providers are looking for ways to expand access to telehealth servic es. Telehealth is an essential tool in ensuring patients are able to access...more
3/25/2022
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Telehealth ,
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After weeks of negotiations and months of temporary stopgap funding bills since the federal fiscal year started in October 2021, on Tuesday the President signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022, an omnibus funding...more
3/17/2022
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Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Medical Reimbursement ,
Medicare ,
New Legislation ,
Patient Access ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Relief Measures ,
Rural Health Care Program ,
Telehealth ,
Telemedicine
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues across the United States, states, payers, and providers are looking for ways to expand access to telehealth servic es. Telehealth is an essential tool in ensuring patients are able to access...more
3/14/2022
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Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
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State of Emergency ,
Telehealth ,
Telemedicine
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, states typically required providers to be licensed in the state(s) where they were practicing. In response to the pandemic, nearly all states provided temporary waivers of these requirements....more
3/11/2022
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Licensing Rules ,
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Telemedicine
President Biden set an ambitious health care agenda in his campaign and maintained that focus as he took office. The Biden administration has expressed a strong commitment to “protect and build on the Affordable Care Act,...more
2/16/2022
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Drug Pricing ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance ,
Health Plan Sponsors ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
Medicare Advantage ,
Medicare Beneficiaries ,
Physicians ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Public Health Insurance Marketplace ,
Surprise Medical Bills ,
Telehealth ,
Webinars
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues across the United States, states, payers, and providers are looking for ways to expand access to telehealth servic es. Telehealth is an essential tool in ensuring patients are able to access...more
2/14/2022
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Healthcare Reform ,
Infectious Diseases ,
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Patient Access ,
Popular ,
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Telemedicine