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House subcommittee passes legislation on telehealth, hospital-at-home during markup session
The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health May 16 passed a number of bills during a markup session, including AHA-supported legislation.
AHA supports rural access to care legislation considered during House Ways and Means Committee markup session
AHA submitted a statement May 8 to the House Ways and Means Committee for a markup session on proposed legislation impacting telehealth access for patients and rural access to care.
AHA urges Congress to extend Affordable Connectivity Program to support digital health care services
In a letter submitted May 7 to a bipartisan group of senators, AHA urged Congress to extend the Affordable Connectivity Program, which provides benefits toward high-speed internet, allowing patients access to services such as telehealth, hospital at home, patient portals and electronic patient records, virtual scheduling and remote patient monitoring.
Senator Thune touts support for telehealth, urges solution-oriented advocacy
Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., April 16 updated AHA members on progress to extend telehealth waivers, offering hope that a solution will arise in end-of-year legislation that Congress will attempt to pass.
Virginia congressman champions telehealth, will push to extend expiring policies
Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Va., touted the benefits of telehealth April 15, saying it is uncovering hidden health care savings by encouraging patients to seek more timely care.
AHA to court: Revised OCR bulletin on online tracking technologies still unlawful
The Department of Health and Human Services’ revised “bulletin” for HIPAA covered entities and business associates using online tracking technologies only confirms that the original bulletin was “substantively and procedurally unlawful,” AHA April 11 told a federal court hearing its challenge to a bulletin issued by HHS’ Office for Civil Rights that restricts health care providers from using standard third-party web technologies that capture IP addresses on portions of their public-facing webpages.
AHA urges Congress to make telehealth flexibilities permanent
In a statement submitted April 10 to the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health for a hearing on legislative proposals to support patient access to telehealth services, AHA voiced support for certain proposals that would extend critical telehealth flexibilities set to expire this year, expand telehealth access to patients with limited English proficiency and help inform telehealth changes for the future.
CMS urged not to require certain telehealth providers to list home address
AHA again urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services March 20 to permanently allow telehealth providers to administer services from their homes without listing their home address on Medicare enrollment and claims forms, which would pose privacy and safety risks, add unnecessary operational and administrative burden, and could lead to confusion regarding practice location.
AHA voices support for extending Medicare telehealth, hospital at home flexibilities
AHA March 12 shared with the House Ways and Means Committee how telehealth and hospital-at-home (H@H) programs have expanded access to care for patients in their homes and the need for these programs to continue.
Report: Clinicians complied with Medicare telehealth requirements during COVID-19 emergency
Physicians and other practitioners who provided evaluation and management (E/M) services via telehealth during the first nine months of the COVID-19 public health emergency generally complied with Medicare requirements, according to a report released recently by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General.