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08.01.22

House Passes Legislation to Extend Medicare Telehealth Flexibilities Through 2024

This week, the House voted overwhelmingly in support of the Advancing Telehealth Beyond COVID-19 Act of 2022 (H.R. 4040).


06.27.22

Telehealth Model Legislation—A Comparison of AMA, FSMB and ULC Model Bills and Guidelines

The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic spurred a drastic increase in telehealth utilization across the country, which meaningfully changed the way providers deliver care and illuminated novel state telehealth policy design challenges.


05.05.22

State Policy Levers to Improve Access to Telebehavioral Health

The United States continues to face a behavioral health crisis that has worsened due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


04.11.22

Key Takeaways From the GAO Report on Telehealth Utilization and Quality in Medicaid

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), as directed by a provision in the CARES Act, published a report that examined the use of telehealth among Medicaid beneficiaries before and during the COVID-19 pandemic across six states: Arizona, California, Maine, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee.


03.17.22

Telehealth Policies in the Omnibus FY 2022 Spending Bill

After weeks of negotiations and months of temporary stopgap funding bills since the federal fiscal year started in October 2021, on Tuesday the President signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022.


03.11.22

Emerging Trends in Out-of-State Telehealth Licensure Legislation

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, states typically required providers to be licensed in the state(s) where they were practicing.


03.01.22

Accelerating and Enhancing Behavioral Health Integration Through Digitally Enabled Care

The United States is in the midst of a decades-long behavioral health crisis that has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.


11.15.21

CY 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Extends Telehealth Benefits

Manatt explains the telehealth benefits that the CY 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule extends.


11.09.21

Telehealth and SUD: Lessons From the Pandemic

Manatt answers key questions on lessons learned during COVID about using telehealth to treat substance use disorders.


08.16.21

CY 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule Proposes Extended Telehealth Benefits

On July 13, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released the annual Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule for calendar year 2022.