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Time to modernize telehealth policy - The Highland County Press

Time to modernize telehealth policy Sen. John Boozman R-Arkansas Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services launched policy improvements to remove barriers to some telehealth services. The public health emergency has made it clear more must be done to improve and expand access to this manner of health care delivery. We must ensure health care providers and patients have the requisite tools and resources while also modernizing federal policy to support the growing demand for telehealth. During the last week of March 2020, telehealth visits increased 154 percent compared to the same time the previous year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As a result of flexibilities unanimously approved under the CARES Act – which passed the same month and waives telehealth requirements for the duration of the pandemic – more people are relying on this technology to connect with their doctors.

Senators Cotton, Boozman push to permanently expand access to telehealth services

The measure includes removing geographic restrictions on telehealth services and bringing the services to rural health clinics. Author: 5NEWS Web Staff Updated: 4:19 PM CDT April 29, 2021 WASHINGTON Senators Tom Cotton (R-AR) and John Boozman (R-AR) have introduced legislation to improve and expand access to telehealth services.  The Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technology (CARE) for Health Act will permanently remove all geographic restrictions on telehealth services and expand originating sites to include the home and other sites.  The CONNECT for Health Act also allows health centers and rural health clinics to provide telehealth services, a provision currently in place due to the pandemic but on a temporary basis; provide the Secretary of Health and Human Services with the permanent authority to waive telehealth restrictions, a provision currently in place due to the pandemic but on a temporary basis; allow

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