The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced its plan to end the Federal Public Health Emergency (PHE) for COVID-19 on May 11, 2023. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, emergency declarations, legislation, and...more
5/1/2023
/ Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) ,
Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
OCR ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Ryan Haight Act ,
Telehealth ,
Telemedicine
Recent legislative changes indicate that Congress is committed to continuing to allow patients to access telehealth services after the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) ends, but it is gathering more information before...more
The use of telehealth has become indispensable across the country in recent months due to the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)’s temporary expansion of payment for...more
On March 17, 2020, U.S. Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) released guidance clarifying that restrictions under the Ryan Haight Act (the Act) are removed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, allowing health...more