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Pennsylvania Expands Use and Reimbursement of Telemedicine and Bans Noncompete Agreements for Certain Health Care Practitioners

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In July 2024, Pennsylvania enacted two significant pieces of legislation relating to telemedicine and physician noncompetition agreements that will have a meaningful impact within the healthcare delivery system with the...more

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Trending in Telehealth: July 9 – 15, 2024

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Trending in Telehealth highlights state legislative and regulatory developments that impact the healthcare providers, telehealth and digital health companies, pharmacists and technology companies that deliver and facilitate...more

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Trending in Telehealth: May 14 – May 20, 2024

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Trending in Telehealth highlights state legislative and regulatory developments that impact the healthcare providers, telehealth and digital health companies, pharmacists and technology companies that deliver and facilitate...more

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Trending in Telehealth: May 7 – May 13, 2024

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Trending in Telehealth highlights state legislative and regulatory developments that impact the healthcare providers, telehealth and digital health companies, pharmacists and technology companies that deliver and facilitate...more

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Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up Newsletter | August 2023 Recap

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This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights significant regulatory activity for August 2023. We discuss several criminal and civil enforcement actions that involve violations of the False Claims Act...more

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Trending in Telehealth: August 29 – September 5, 2023

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Trending in Telehealth highlights state legislative and regulatory developments that impact the healthcare providers, telehealth and digital health companies, pharmacists and technology companies that deliver and facilitate...more

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AHLA Takeaway: Healthcare Executives, Is Your House In Order?

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Walking away from the American Health Law Association’s annual conference, I’m feeling energized from (re)connecting with friends and colleagues, inspired by the complex and transformational work being done throughout the...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

New Reimbursement Rules Will Likely Impact Digital Health and Telemedicine

On November 1, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the 2023 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Final Rule. CMS publishes a PFS annually so as to make changes in federal healthcare reimbursement and...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

[Webinar] Navigating the Virtual Care Explosion: Mapping the Shifting Policy, Payment and Strategy Landscape - June 22nd, 3:00 pm...

By March of this year, more than 61% of Americans had experienced a telehealth visit—and almost 88% want to continue using telehealth for nonurgent consultations, even after the pandemic passes, according to findings reported...more

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CMS Continues to Modernize by Expanding Reimbursement for Digital Health Services

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The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (“PHE”) fundamentally changed the healthcare industry, forcing healthcare providers and patients onto their computers and phones to enable continuation of care when patients were mandated...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

CY 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Extends Telehealth Benefits

The Big Picture - On November 2, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released Medicare Program; CY 2022 Payment Policies under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Changes to Part B Payment Policies;...more

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Medicare Telehealth Update: CMS Releases CY2022 PFS Proposed Rule

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On July 23, 2021, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released the CY 2022 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule (“Proposed Rule”) which outlines several proposed changes to reimbursement of Medicare telehealth...more

Baker Donelson

Telehealth, Split or (Shared) Visit, Critical Care, and Teaching Physician Billing Proposals in the CY 2022 Medicare Physician Fee...

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On July 13, 2021, CMS released the Calendar Year (CY) 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) proposed rule, which includes several noteworthy proposals related to telehealth, billing for split (or shared) visits, critical...more

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Bipartisan CONNECT for Health Act of 2021 Seeks to Permanently Expand Telehealth Reimbursement

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On 29 April 2021, Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) reintroduced the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act of 2021, S. 1512 (the Act). The bill, which currently has 59...more

Kerr Russell

Telemedicine in Michigan: 2021

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The COVID-19 pandemic continues to demonstrate the importance and effectiveness of telemedicine as a means of providing patients with access to safe and quality medical care through the use of technology... Originally...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Is This the Worst Medicare Telehealth Law of 2020?

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The Public Health Emergency introduced a myriad of changes to federal and state telemedicine and digital health laws and rules. There were expansions to telehealth coverage and reimbursement, suspension of enforcement on...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

CMS Finalizes Telehealth Coverage and Reimbursement Changes in Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule

The Big Picture - Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have dramatically—but temporarily—expanded coverage and reimbursement for telehealth services....more

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Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Expands Telehealth Coverage

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The 2021 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) final rule recently released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) includes the addition of 60 new telehealth services that will be covered and reimbursed by Medicare. The...more

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CMS Continues to Support Telehealth and Virtual Care Policies in the CY 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule

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On December 1, 2020, CMS released the Calendar Year (CY) 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Final Rule (Final Rule), which includes several policies to extend or make permanent certain policies to support expanded...more

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New 50-State Telemedicine Survey Finds Significant Progress in Commercial Payer Laws Nationwide

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For years, Foley has monitored legal policy in the telemedicine and digital health industry, following how advances in technology have coupled with improved state regulations to supercharge the growth of telehealth and...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Legislation Re-Introduced to Expand Access to Telehealth Under Medicare

A bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation on October 30th designed to expand Medicare beneficiaries’ access to telehealth services. The bill is called the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective...more

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New Laws Expand Telehealth in California

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California Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed into law two bills that expand the delivery of telehealth services in the state. In particular, the legislation: • Permits providers to prescribe medications without a...more

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California Expands Medicaid Tele-Health Policy

The California Department of Health Care Services (“DHCS”) recently revised its Medi-Cal telehealth policy to allow providers increased flexibility in their use of telehealth as a modality for delivering medically necessary...more

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Dash to Digital Health? How the Regulatory Sprint to Coordinated Care Could Expand Access to Care

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Certain long-standing laws, such as the civil monetary penalty provision prohibiting patient inducements, have hampered providers’ ability to fully leverage remote patient monitoring and other telehealth tools. Many...more

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South Carolina Expands Telemedicine to Physician Assistants, Advanced Practice Registered Nurses

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The practice of telemedicine continues to be one of the fastest-growing methods of delivering patient care, and recently legal changes passed by the South Carolina General Assembly will only increase the importance of...more

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