Telehealth
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will retroactively pay claims for telehealth services provided during the government shutdown through Jan. 30, the agency said in an updated FAQ Nov. 20. Telehealth flexibilities will expire at the end of January if government funding is not extended…
At the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government moved quickly to ensure hospitals and health systems were able to leverage telehealth services to respond efficiently and effectively to a wave of unprecedented need.
The 43-day government shutdown ended late Nov. 12 when President Trump signed a funding bill into law, hours after the House passed the measure by a 222-209 vote.
Over the weekend, senators reached a deal to reopen the government. The agreement includes a three-bill, full-year spending package for 1) the Department of Agriculture and Food and Drug Administration, 2) the Legislative Branch, and 3) the Defense Department construction projects and the…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Oct. 31 issued a final rule that updates physician fee schedule (PFS) payments for calendar year (CY) 2026.
Verily, the 10-year-old Alphabet subsidiary, recently launched a consumer-facing app that will be marketed as a free way for anyone to obtain certain care recommendations from Verily’s partner clinicians based on users’ existing medical records.
This week brings the fourth week of the federal government shutdown as Congress has yet to pass legislation to fund the government.
Hospitals use telehealth and partnerships to meet rising child and teen mental health needs amid shortage of psychiatrists and specialists.
Over the past 15 days, the Senate has voted nine times on the House-passed continuing resolution (CR) to extend government funding and health care waivers until Nov. 21.
Members of the AHA Board of Trustees Oct.14 participated in a panel on the future of rural health care during the Sanford Health Rural Summit in Sioux Falls, S.D.