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- Telehealth.org September 30, 2025 September Continuing Resolution Impasse: Can Congress Avert the Medicare Telehealth Cliff? With key Medicare telehealth flexibilities set to expire on September 30, 2025, Republicans and Democrats have floated competing Continuing Resolutions (CRs) to extend virtual care rules and Hospita
- Telehealth.org September 29, 2025 The APA’s 2024 Telepsychology Guidelines: What Clinicians Need to Know Telehealth has become a powerful and increasingly common part of modern mental and behavioral health care. As regulations and technologies shift rapidly, clinicians need clear, evidence-based guidance to ensure safe
- Fierce Healthcare September 29, 2025 Hospitals, doctors face virtual care cliff with telehealth, hospital at home services on the line Medicare beneficiaries stand to lose access to two key virtual care programs that the federal government has offered since the start of the pandemic if the
- HealthcareITNews September 29, 2025 How messaging-oriented care can unburden telemedicine Dr. Rishi Khakhkhar, CMO at Counsel Health and an ER physician, discusses some telehealth shortfalls and how asynchronous virtual care can tend to a lot of care in a way that preserves synchronous visits for patients who really need them. /f
- TechTarget September 25, 2025 Supporting cardiac medication management with telehealth Sutter Health is using a telehealth-based model to connect heart failure patients with pharmacists for medication management, boosting clinical outcomes and patient experience. /fir
- Telehealth.org September 22, 2025 September 2025 Telehealth Cliff: How Four Bills Could Shape Virtual Care The Senate bipartisan bill was introduced on April 2, 2025, by Senators Schatz (D-HI), Wicker (R-MS), Warner (D-VA), Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Welch (D-VT), and Barrasso (R-WY) and currently has a total of 63 Senate cosponsors. It has been read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Representative Mike Thompson (D-CA) introduced the CONNECT for Health Act of 2025 in the House on June 26, 2025, and it was referred to the Committee
- HealthcareITNews September 22, 2025 Government support for RPM is having an impact on healthcare With updated CMS billing codes and reimbursement eligibility, remote patient monitoring is fast becoming a standard of care for management of chronic conditions. A remote care CEO offers a closer look at one p
- telehealth.org September 19, 2025 Using Telehealth to Reduce Losses and Decrease Cost Post-COVID, telehealth has “survived” as a mainstay modality to deliver care to patients at a distance. And many healthcare leaders now more fully understand that telehealth is much more than just video visits, including patient portals, patient education, and a full host of virtual care modalities, including remote physiological monitoring (RPM), virtual exams, an
- telehealth.org September 19, 2025 Telehealth Modernization Act of 2025 Could Prevent a Medicare Telehealth Cliff: Key Provisions Explained US Reps. Carter (R-GA) and Dingell (D-MI) introduced the Telehealth Modernization Act of 2025 on September 2, 2025. The proposed legislation would extend many telehealth flexibilities through September 30, 2027. This proposed legislation comes weeks before the impending September Continuing Resolution, which many expect to extend telehe
- HealthcareITNews September 18, 2025 Lawmakers must act now to ensure virtual care access, ATA says Telehealth and hospital-at-home coverage under Medicare flexibilities could end in days. Immediate temporary extension is the only viable vehicle to ensure they do not lapse, the American Telemedici
- HealthcareITNews September 17, 2025 Telemedicine for transitional care offers benefits for patient Using virtual care, clinicians can conduct follow-up appointments - transitional care when there's the risk of readmission - that benefit patients, says Dr. Matthew Thompson, an ER physician, and the C
- HEALTHCAREDIVE September 17, 2025 GOP bill extends telehealth flexibilities, sidesteps ACA subsidies The continuing resolution would fund the government, and preserve the telehealth flexibilities, through Nov. 21. /firstline>
- FIERCEHealthcare September 16, 2025 Republicans unveil 7-week stopgap with hospital funding, telehealth extensions—but no ACA premiums The Rural Health Transformation (RHT) Program, which was included in HR 1 and passed earlier this year, will provide $50 billion in funding over a five-year period, to help states improve healthcare access, quality and outcomes in rural communities. /firstline>
- CCHP September 16, 2025 Rural Health Transformation Program The Rural Health Transformation (RHT) Program, which was included in HR 1 and passed earlier this year, will provide $50 billion in funding over a five-year period, to help states improve healthcare access, quality and outcomes in rural communities. /firstline>
- FIERCEHealthcare September 16, 2025 Virtual solutions for opioid use disorder can substitute for in-person care but don’t increase access: PHTI The Peterson Health Technology Institute released a report on virtual solutions for opioid use disorder that found companies prescribing medications for OUD virtually are an effective substitute for in-person care, though they
- Foley & Lardner, LLP September 11,2025 Medicare Telehealth Flexibilities: Countdown to September 30, 2025 In the final hours of 2024, Congress passed a six-month extension of the Medicare telehealth flexibilities through its 2025 funding bill, pushing the expiration date to September 30, 2025. Now, with that deadline quickly approaching, many telehealth providers are left wondering whether Congress will act in t
- telehealth.org September 10, 2025 Telehealth and Digital Health for Obesity: Devices, Evidence, and How to Implement Obesity remains one of the most common, costly, and preventable conditions in the United States. Recent CDC analyses of NHANES data (August 2021–August 2023) show that more than 4 in 10 U.S. adults have obesity, and nearly 1 in 10 have severe obesity, with no significant improvement compared to prior years, and severe obesity is still rising. Direct medical spending linked to obesity was estimated at ~$173
- telehealth.org September 9, 2025 Digital Mental Health Interventions: Do They Work? Open your smartphone’s app store, and you’ll find thousands of digital health apps promising to improve mental health. From guided meditation and mood tracking to digital versions of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), these tools are marketed as accessible and affordable ways to suppo
- JDSUPRA September 8, 2025 Trending in Telehealth: August 2025 Trending in Telehealth highlights monthly state legislative and regulatory developments that impact the healthcare providers, telehealth and digital health companies, pharmacists and technology companies that deliver and facilitate the delivery of virtual car.
- HealthcareITNews September 8, 2025 Remote patient monitoring needs proactive, signal-based care Healthcare has too often been reactive. But a more forward-thinking approach, using tools and technologies for RPM, can help reduce readmissions, improve patient outcomes and enable success with value-bas
- HealthcareITNews September 4, 2025 140 organizations urge Congress to extend the hospital-at-home program A five-year waiver extension would not only give more seniors access to the proven care delivery model, but would also enable continued progress toward permanent expansi
- telehealth.org September 3, 2025 Online Therapy for Children: Why Video Alone Isn’t Enough, And What Works Better As online therapy becomes more common, many children are attending counseling through video chat alone. While virtual therapy offers accessibility and convenience, it’s becoming clear: video alone often isn’t enough to fully support a child’s healing process. Children often need hands-on, sensory, and play-based activities to fully engage in the therapeutic process. Without these elements, key opportunities for emotional expression and ski
- HealthcareITNews September 3, 2025 How AI, telehealth, and empathy lower patient costs Robin Glass, president of Included Health, says artificial intelligence has improved cost estimation tools and helps to address patient care gaps, while telehealth access reduces total costs for
- Telehealth.org August 22, 2025 Broadband Telehealth Disparities: What a National Study Reveals About U.S. Access Gaps In a new national study published in JAMIA Open, researchers analyzed nearly 8 million telemedicine sessions to investigate how broadband access, rurality, and community-level social vulnerability shape telehealth use. The study, led by a team from the University of Utah and Doxy.me, offers some of the most comprehensive evidence to date about telemedicine’s digital divide. For clinicians, especially those practicing in rural or underserved areas, the findings offer important insights—
- healthleaders August 22, 2025 Using Telemedicine to Keep Care Local With virtual care facing a crossroads, rural hospitals and health systems are touting the platform as a means of reducing transfers and keeping patients closer to home and
- Telehealth.org August 21, 2025 Rethinking Telehealth for Older Adults: Myths, Evidence, and Opportunities Older adults are often portrayed as reluctant to use telehealth due to a lack of digital skills or interest. But is this perception accurate—or just another outdated stereotype? With the number of U.S. adults aged 65+ set to double by 2060, telehealth offers a vital lifeline to care. Yet myths about older adults and technology continue to shape telehealth policy, funding, and clinical design. It’
- Foley & Lardner, LLP August 19, 2025 CY 2026 Medicare PFS Proposed Rule: Telehealth Takeaways In July 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the CY 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) proposed rule (the Proposed Rule), which included several proposed changes that aim to expand Medicare’s telehealth policies to improve access, increase flexibility, and better reflect advancements in technology an
- Telehealth.org August 18, 2025 Rural Telehealth: Beyond Video Visits One of the biggest challenges facing rural America is access to care, and the barriers to accessing care are manifold, including transportation, time, and technology. Obviously, one solution is to access care throu
- HEALTHCAREDIVE August 16, 2025 Why compliance is a top priority for telehealth After telehealth programs surged into common use during the COVID-19 pandemic, virtual visits continue to thrive to access health care—and so have associated compliance risks along wit
- HealthCareITNews August 15, 2025 MaineHealth clinicians describe key lessons learned building out a telemedicine program The two executives in charge of virtual care at the New England health system explain why the term "building" has special meaning for them – and dive deep into what it takes to build highly successful telehealth programs to fill g
- HealthCareITNews August 15, 2025 ATA sends letter to Congress asking for action on telehealth Congress has only 48 days to avert a telehealth shutdown in Medicare, says ATA Action and
- Telehealth.org August 15, 2025 How the VA Uses Suicide Prevention AI to Help Veterans The US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has been developing and refining artificial intelligence tools for years to combat persistently high suicide rates among veterans. Nextgov.com recently highlighted an AI-based suicide prevention program that may interest the larger community of therapists and
- healthleaders August 15, 2025 Virtual Care Scores a Big Win in Diabetes Prevention After years of saying it’s not as good as in-person care, CMS is now proposing to allow the Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program to include all-virtual courses through 2029.
- Telehealth.org August 11, 2025 5 Reasons Why Telehealth is a Must for Rural Health Care The COVID-19 health crisis showed everyone in healthcare that telehealth can be a viable alternative to in-person care. Especially patients, for the most part, enjoyed the convenience that telehealth has to offer and would prefer not to go back to the arduous and time-consuming in-person care, especially for mundane things like the review of
- Telehealth.org August 6, 2025 Buprenorphine and Telehealth: Expanding Access and Equity in Addiction Treatment for Underserved Populations This article synthesizes findings from four recent research studies on buprenorphine and telehealth, including real-world clinical outcomes, patient and provider perspectives, and population disparities. It concludes with an evidence-based to-do list for clinicians seeking to improve care delivery in telehealth-based
- Tech Target/xtelligent August 6, 2025 Telehealth prescribing did not boost ADHD drug initiations Telehealth prescribing was not associated with overprescribing of ADHD medication among Medicaid and CHIP enrollees and may have even helped close gaps, new research reveals. /firstline> https://www.techtarget.com/virtualhealthcare/news/366628484/T
- healthleaders August 4, 2025 Drugmakers Tap Telehealth to Sell Directly to Patients Pharmaceutical companies are increasingly turning to telehealth platforms for direct-to-consumer drug sales. That’s according to a report Monday (Aug. 4) from Axios, which notes that this effort is happening as President Donald Trump is urging more companies to adopt the practi
- Foley & Lardner, LLP Jul 30, 2025 Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) and Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM): What You Need to Know About CMS’ Proposed Changes On July 14, 2025, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed key changes to remote patient monitoring (RPM) and remote therapeutic monitoring (RTM) services reimbursed under the Medicare program. The changes, part of the proposed 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule rule (the Proposed Rule), have been anticipated by digital health providers and stakeholders hoping to see more flexibility for RPM and RTM services. This article discusses the new changes and proposed cod
- HealthcareITNews July 24, 2025 Stakeholders ask new DEA administrator to resolve telehealth prescribing rules If the agency doesn't create a plan for remote-prescribed controlled substances by the fall, it could jeopardize mental healthcare by year's end, the American Telemedicine Association-led co
- xtelligent July 24, 2025 Medicare telehealth use: High satisfaction, low future interest A federal report details the latest telehealth use trends within the Medicare program, showing high satisfaction with the services, but lower interest in continued access to telehealth. /firstline> <
- HEALTHCAREDIVE July 24, 2025, July 24, 2025 Telehealth groups urge DEA to issue plan on remote controlled substance prescriptions More than 200 organizations pressed the Drug Enforcement Administration to ensure a plan is in place by fall before flexi
- CCHP July 22, 2025 The Proposed CY 2026 Physician Fee Schedule: Breaking Down the Telehealth Elements Much of the telehealth community has been waiting to see what the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will be proposing in the 2026 Physician Fee
- telehealth.org July 21, 2025 Launching a Telehealth Clinic: A Blueprint For Getting Started Enjoy the process of reviewing the critical decisions, deliverables, and tasks you will need to complete as you move toward launching a sustain
- HealthcareITNews July 18, 2025 HIMSSCast: AI that prepares doctors for virtual urgent care visits Artificial intelligence gives Cedars-Sinai's clinicians EHR-supported diagnoses and treatment plan recommendations after patients complete virtual urgent care clinic intake questions
- Fierce Healthcare July 15, 2025 Trump 2.0 backs digital health in proposed CY2026 physician fee schedule rule In its first proposed physician fee schedule rule of the second Trump administration, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) indicated that digital health technology, like telehealth and remote monitoring, have a role to
- HealthcareITNews July 14, 2025 Why infrastructure is key to combining AI and virtual care Real-time decision support demands an IT network that can handle the volume and velocity of clinical data, while maintaining trust and reliability so clinicians can act on A
- HealthcareITNews July 14, 2025 Nurse-led, telehealth-first model can enhance care and efficiency Cheryl Dalton-Norman, RN, says this virtual care approach can boost access and increase patient satisfaction, while achieving economies of scale and alleviating phy
- CCHP July 14, 2025 Beyond the Policies, Some Unique State Resources for Telehealth While many are likely familiar with the usual policy channels for telehealth in states, such as laws, regulations, Medicaid manuals, providers letters and bulletins, which comprise the majority of source information on the Center for Connected Health Policy’s (CCHP) Policy Finder, occasionally a state agency or other various organizations in the state may develop and make available additional valuable telehealth resources that readers may find helpful, yet they do not fit into the CCHP Policy Finder’s specific categories (which currently include Medicaid Reimbursement, Private Payer Policies, and Professional Regulation). Below are a few examples that demonstrate the variety of different materials that could be useful to patients,
- Fierce Healthcare July 7, 2025 Employees with HDHPs win telehealth coverage in Trump tax package Congress has made permanent a pandemic-era telehealth provision for millions of Americans with high-deductible health plans.
- TechTarget, June 12, 2025 Adults facing language barriers less likely to use video visits Though adults facing language barriers had similar odds of using virtual care overall, they were far less likely to use video visits than telephone-based care, according to new research published in JAMA Network Open. /firstline>
- MedicalXpress, June 11, 2025 How telehealth helps overcome geographic and resource gaps in cancer care globally New research has found that older people with cancer had better daily functioning, improved mood, stronger illness understanding, and a higher quality of life if they participated in a telehealth-based care program called Geriatric Assessment-Gui
- MedicalXpress, June 11, 2025 Prescribing ADHD medications via telehealth does not alter risk of substance use disorder, researchers find Telehealth can make health care easier to access for patients with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) who need treatment, but experts worry about an increased risk of substance use disorder for patients being prescribed controlled medications such as stimulants for ADHD during these appointments. Mass General Brigham researchers scrutinized this concern with the first-ever study comparing substance use disorder rates in patients with ADHD who were prescribed stimu
- Healthcare IT News, June 11, 2025 MetroHealth and MUSC Health make for a patient engagement powerhouse The health systems' MyCare Anywhere app fuses the Epic EHR, MyChart, telemedicine, expert health content, self-guided health journeys and more. MetroHealth has done 27,000 virtual visits with thousands of referrals in the first year.
- Healthcare IT News, June 10, 2025 This rural Australian health service enables telecollab to retain workforce Central Queensland Hospital and Health Service will soon allow medical professionals to virtually scrub in and assist in surgical procedures with the addition of a new telesurgery platform.
- Healthcare IT News, June 6, 2025 5 under-resourced health centers tackle AI’s challenges together Four FQHCs and one community hospital are learning from each other as they navigate various artificial intelligence implementations. Leaders from the Health AI Partnership will discuss their experiences at the HIMSS AI in Healthcare Forum in July.
- TechTarget, June 6, 2025 Healthcare wearable intervention cuts alcohol use, boosts sleep Yale University researchers created a digital health program called Call it a Night to reduce alcohol risk and improve sleep health among young adults. The two-week program offered participants a sleep biosensor and an alcohol biosensor to assess alcohol consumption and sleep, a smartphone-based diary where participants could record their sleep and drinking habits daily and a web-based module providing sleep health advice. /firstline>
- Stanford Medicine News Center, June 5, 2025 Clinicians can ‘chat’ with medical records through new AI software, ChatEHR ChatEHR, artificial intelligence software developed at Stanford Medicine, is expediting chart reviews and other tasks by allowi
- MedicalXpress, June 4, 2025 'Eye' on health: AI detects dizziness and balance disorders remotely Researchers from Florida Atlantic University and collaborators have developed a novel proof-of-concept deep learning model that leverages real-time data to assist in diagnosing nystagmus—a condition characterized by involuntary, rhythmic eye movements often linked to
- UNM Health Sciences News, June 4, 2025 Telehealth Booths: The New Exam Room A librarian in The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center is seeing progress on a multiyear project to expand access to health care in rural parts of New Mexico, and her handiwork is showing up in a place where you might not expect to talk to a health provider: public libraries.
- KFF Health News, June 3, 2025 Watch: In a ‘Dead Zone,’ Doctors Don’t Practice and Telehealth Doesn’t Reach There’s a fight in the nation’s capital that could affect health care for millions of Americans. At stake is a $42 billion infrastructure program and whether it should continue as planned. The money is for states to build high-speed internet — particularly in rural areas where telehealt
- HealthLeaders, June 2, 2025 Why Are Home Health Agencies Ditching Telehealth? A new survey finds that home health agencies are abandoning virtual care due to complexity and a lack of reimbursement. This could hinder efforts by healthcare leaders to extend more hospital services into the ho
- McKnights Long-Term Care News, May 31, 2025 Telehealth, collaboration, incentive pay improving care for nursing home residents with behavioral health needs Many nursing home residents struggle with behavioral health conditions, which should prompt long-term care providers to enhance care by implementing strategies highlighted in a new brief, authors say. Recommendations include collaborating with state agenci
- TechTarget, May 27, 2025 Why assessing remote care quality matters for RPM's future The digital healthcare boom has spurred the adoption of virtual care models, including at-home care models supported by remote care tools. Though remote patient monitoring is not especially new, the COVID-19 pandemic gave the model new life, prompting several health systems to adopt it. /fir
- Medical Xpress, May 22, 2025 Smartphone app that detects heart attack and stroke found effective in clinical trial The ECHAS app (Emergency Call for Heart Attack and Stroke) is being developed by experts at UVA Health, Harvard, Northeastern and other leading institutions. It is designed to help people recognize the signs of cardiac and neurological emergencies so that they get care as qui
- KFF Health News, May 22, 2025 Mental Health and Substance Misuse Treatment Is Increasingly a Video Chat or Phone Call Away Almost half of the roughly 4.8 million adults who visited a medical professional for mental health or substance use disorders in 2023 did so exclusively through teletherapy, according to a KFF Health News analysis of the latest data from UCLA’s California Health
- HealthLeaders, May 16, 2025 Giving the Hospital at Home Strategy a Pediatric Spin Few would argue that the hospital is no place for a child. But can the Hospital at Home strategy work for children who would otherwise be stuck in a hospital bed?
- KFF Health News, May 16, 2025 Flawed Federal Programs Maroon Rural Americans in Telehealth Limbo Uncertainty around federal efforts to expand high-speed internet — and with it telehealth access — to all Americans swirled fast this week after President Donald Trump vowed to end the Digital Equity Act.
- TechTarget, May 15, 2025 New remote patient monitoring advocacy group launches The new Remote Monitoring Leadership Council aims to expand RPM access, adoption and policy through advocacy and data sharing. /firstline>
- HealthLeaders, May 14, 2025 Can an AI 'Nurse' Improve Maternal Health Outcomes? A new project in Illinois aims to connect at risk mothers-to-be with a remote patient monitoring platform that includes a Fitbit, a phone, and an AI assistant named Nurse Avery.
- Foley & Lardner LLP, May 12, 2025 ATA Nexus 2025 Recap: The Business of Telehealth – Key Legal Considerations The American Telemedicine Association is advocating for expanded coverage of medical nutrition therapies for patients with chronic conditions. The organization’s lobbying group sees potential to get policymaking done at the federal and state levels because of President Donald Trump and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Make America Healthy
- Fierce Healthcare, May 7, 2025 ATA Nexus: Telehealth companies unite to change nutrition policy, bolstered by MAHA momentum The American Telemedicine Association is advocating for expanded coverage of medical nutrition therapies for patients with chronic conditions.The organization’s lobbying group sees potential to get policymaking done at the federal and state levels because of President Donald Trump and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Make Amer
- Fierce Healthcare, May 5, 2025 ATA Nexus: How health systems are evolving their telemedicine leadership structures since COVID-19 Health systems that were early virtual care adopters have evolved their telehealth organizational strategies following the COVID-19 pandem
- Forbes, May 1, 2025 Technology In Nursing Education: A Transformative Shift The healthcare sector has embraced digital tools, and nursing education has followed suit, integrating telehealth, virtual simulations, and online platforms. This shift is not just about convenience— it is about preparing nursing students with the skills and experiences they need to thrive in a healthcare environment increasingly driven by technology. /firstline>
- HealthcareITNews, April 28, 2025 New York now reimburses for RPM: One nurse’s view from the trenches On Jan. 1, 2025, New York State Medicaid expanded its coverage to include remote patient monitoring services provided by clinical staff. With this significant change comes a huge benefit f
- TechTarget, April 25, 2025 Evidence that telehealth cuts carbon emissions grows Telehealth use was associated with a significant reduction in carbon emissions, roughly equating to the monthly emissions of 60,000 to 130,000 cars, new research reveals.