Kaiser Family Foundation: States Respond to COVID-19 Challenges but Also Take Advantage of New Opportunities to Address Long-Standing Issues: Results from a 50-state Medicaid Budget Survey for State Fiscal Years 2021 and 2022 This report highlights certain policies in place in state Medicaid programs in state FY 2021 and policy changes implemented or planned for [...]
Letter to Congressional Leaders Stresses Urgency of Impending Expiration of Telehealth Safe Harbor Washington, DC – October 26, 2021 – Today, more than 70 organizations sent a letter to Congress to urge policymakers to address the impending expiration of the telehealth safe harbor enacted in the CARES Act that enabled employers and insurers to provide [...]
Medicaid OIG Reports – To-date, OIG has released parts 1 and 2 of a three-part report on tele-behavioral health and Medicaid. Below we summarize the key findings, particularly noting successful findings on access and cost. HHS OIG currently has eight different national audits, evaluations and inspections of telemedicine services under the Medicare and Medicaid programs – [...]
Medicare OIG Report – Most Medicare beneficiaries received telehealth services only from providers with whom they had an established relationship Patients are seeing their own providers – Most beneficiaries received telehealth services from providers with whom they had an established relationship. Notably, 84 percent of beneficiaries received telehealth services only from providers with whom they had an established [...]
Center for Connected Health Policy: State Telehealth Laws and Reimbursement Policies Report, Fall 2021 The Center for Connected Health Policy (CCHP) released its State Telehealth Laws and Medicaid Program Policies bi-annual report for Fall 2021, covering updates in state telehealth policy made between June and September 2021. The report offers policymakers, health advocates, and other [...]
STATEMENT ON THE PRIMARY AND VIRTUAL CARE AFFORDABILITY ACT October 18, 2021 WASHINGTON DC – There are more than 35 million Americans with high-deductible health plans coupled with a Health Savings Account (HDHP-HSAs). More than 50 percent of individuals with HSAs live in zip codes where the median income is below $75,000 annually. Reaching the [...]
Center for Connected Health Policy (CCHP): Impact of Audio-only Telephone in Delivering Health Services During COVID-19 and Prospects for Future Payment Policies & Medical Board Regulations CCHP released a study that examined the use of audio-only as a modality to provide services from a federally qualified health center (FQHC) to patients in the Medicaid program. To [...]