Yearly Archives: 2020

Using Telehealth to Expand Access to Essential Health Services during the COVID-19 Pandemic CDC issued guidance for healthcare systems, practices, and providers using telehealth services to provide virtual care during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. The guidance describes the landscape of telehealth services, provides strategies to increase telehealth uptake, and offers potential limitations of telehealth [...]

Guidance on Fraud and Anti-kickback Regulations from the HHS Inspector General In response to the public health emergency, leading provider organizations and the Alliance for Connected Care expressed interest in ensuring the ability of providers to waive co-pays or provide some telehealth services at no cost -- to encourage more seniors to access needed care. [...]

Medicaid Guidance from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid ServicesFor purposes of Medicaid, telemedicine seeks to improve a patient's health by permitting two-way, real-time interactive communication between the patient, and the physician or practitioner at the distant site. This electronic communication means the use of interactive telecommunications equipment that includes, at a minimum, audio and video [...]

The Alliance compiled a 50-state chart of Medicaid telehealth waivers and temporary flexibilities during COVID-19. For more information on Medicaid during the COVID-19 PHE please see our Medicaid Guidance Documents During the COVID-19 Pandemic.