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Telemedicine State of Emergency

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Executive Summary: Tracking Telehealth Changes State-by-State in Response to COVID-19 - April 2022

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

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Executive Summary: Tracking Telehealth Changes State-by-State in Response to COVID-19 - March 2022

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

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Impacts of the Expiration of Mississippi’s COVID-19 State of Emergency on Healthcare Providers

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On November 11, 2021, Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves, in coordination with State Health Officer Thomas Dobbs and MEMA Executive Director Stephen McCraney, announced Mississippi’s COVID-19 State of Emergency (“SOE”) would be...more

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The Dome Report - 2021 West Virginia Legislative Update: Issue 2

The 60-day Regular Session of the West Virginia Legislature convened on February 10, 2021 and, after a short week, has already advanced significant legislation addressing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as certain...more

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Tennessee Governor Issues Executive Order No. 68 Increasing Health Care Resources and Capacity

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On December 4, 2020, in further response to the public health emergency, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee issued Executive Order 68 https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/pub/execorders/exec-orders-lee67.pdf. Executive Order 68...more

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NYS Office of Mental Health Streamlines Application Approvals for Telemental Health Services

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to widespread efforts by state agencies across the country to increase the ability of practitioners to provide services using telehealth. Because of the success of the telemental health services...more

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Tennessee Governor Lee Releases Executive Order No. 50 with Focus on Health Care

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On June 29, 2020, Governor Bill Lee issued Executive Order 50 which extends the state of emergency related to the COVID-19 crisis until August 29, 2020. To help facilitate the treatment and containment of COVID-19, the order...more

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Tracking Telehealth Changes State-by-State in Response to COVID-19

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread across the United States, states, payors and providers are looking for ways to expand access to telehealth services. Improving access to telehealth is an essential tool in ensuring...more

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USDA Opens Second Application Window for Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant Program

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development Bette Brand announced that USDA is opening a second application window for funding under the Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT)...more

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Tennessee Governor Lee Releases Executive Order No. 20 with Focus on Health Care

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On March 26, 2020, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed Executive Order No. 20, with immediate effect. Executive Order No. 20 amended and significantly expanded the health care specific sections of Executive Order No. 15,...more

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COVID-19: New York’s Medicaid Expansion of Telehealth During the State of Emergency

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On March 23, 2020, the New York State (NYS) Department of Health issued updated guidance regarding use of telehealth by Medicaid providers, Comprehensive Guidance Regarding Use of Telehealth including Telephonic Services...more

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Italian Law Decree no. 18/2020: impacts on the life sciences industry

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Recent developments in Italy in response to the COVID-19 public health crisis: The Cura Italia Decree provides for public funds to support increased production of medical devices and personal protective equipment (PPE) and...more

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Telehealth Availability and Access to Health Records Increase in Light of the COVID-19 Emergency

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Expansion of Telehealth Options - As part of the federal government’s response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, agencies have rushed to relax restrictions on the provision of telehealth in order to facilitate the...more

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COVID-19 Emergency Update: Physicians Can Prescribe Controlled Substances via Telemedicine

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Under the Ryan Haight Act, healthcare providers must usually conduct an in-person examination before prescribing controlled substances, such as opioids, via the internet (including telehealth or telemedicine). However, as a...more

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OCR Enforcement Waivers of Certain HIPAA Requirements in Furtherance of Telehealth During COVID-19 Pandemic

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In response to the global Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, US state and federal government agencies have worked to promote utilization of telehealth. Prior to and following President Trump’s declaration of a national...more

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Gov. Lee Releases Executive Order #15 With Focus on Health Care

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Late yesterday, Governor Lee conducted his daily 3:00 Press Conference and Update regarding COVID-19 and discussed his just released Executive Order #15. The order is extensive and is heavily focused on the health care...more

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COVID-19 and Cross-State Clinician Licensure: Federal and State Regulations, Revisited, and What To Do About Them

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The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically increased the number of patients and providers seeking to implement and use telehealth visits and other digital health solutions – and rapidly, at that. The challenge of implementing...more

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COVID-19: Summary of Rhode Island Executive Orders to Date

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To date, Rhode Island’s Governor Gina Raimondo has issued five Executive Orders in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. These orders address some of the challenges facing businesses, local governments, and the provision of...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

Using Telehealth Services in Response to COVID-19

The Telehealth Services During Certain Emergency Periods Act of 2020 (the “Act”) is part of the larger bipartisan Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2020. The Act gives the Secretary of...more

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Medicare Telehealth Payment Expanded to Help Address the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency

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On March 17, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) and the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (“OIG”) each issued policy statements which expand access to telehealth...more

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