Bipartisan Policy Center: The Future of Telehealth After COVID-19 The Bipartisan Policy Center released a report and a Medicare data analysis to inform policy decisions for telehealth. The report provides an overview of telehealth flexibilities during the COVID-19 pandemic as well as recommendations that address immediate policy questions of whether certain flexibilities should remain permanently available [...]
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GLAAD: A Retrospective Report on the Impacts of COVID & HIV in the United States A report released by the LGBTQ media advocacy group GLAAD, analyzed peer-reviewed scientific literature along with 26 interviews with both people living with HIV and staff at community-based organizations. The report found that the COVID-19 pandemic significantly disrupted [...]
Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment: Acceptability, Feasibility, and Outcomes of a Clinical Pilot Program for Video Observation of Methadone Take-Home Dosing During the COVID-19 Pandemic This study published in the Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment found that telehealth video observation was an effective method in increasing rates of observed methadone dosing while limiting exposure [...]
The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism: Appropriate Use of Telehealth Visits in Endocrinology The Endocrine Society released new guidance to use telehealth as part of endocrine care. The new policy perspective was created as a result of the rapid growth of telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic and is broken down into 5 [...]
This update includes: Alliance board member lead a government-funded study Telehealth quality research HRSA best practices for school-based telehealth Federal white paper on substance use, including telehealth MedPAC discussion on Medicare telehealth and notable research and news developments