Digital Health Business & Technology Staff Jessie Hellman Former Politics Reporter See All Staff Page Recent Stories Providers push for continued hospital-at-home waiver after pandemic Providers want Medicare's hospital-at-home waiver to continue after the pandemic, but Congress needs to see more data. Critical-access hospitals left out of Congress' telehealth extension The House passed a $1.5 trillion government funding bill, which extends several telehealth policies for another five months, but critical-access hospitals say they were left out. Congress to temporarily extend Medicare telehealth coverage in funding package A government funding package to be released this week will temporarily extend Medicare coverage of telehealth for 151 days following the end of the public health emergency. Telehealth usage differs by race, economic status, HHS finds Black, Latino and Asian adults are more likely than their white counterparts to use audio telehealth services rather than video, according to new federal data released Wednesday. Build Back Better, telehealth top Congress's health agenda for 2022 Democrats will try to pass President Joe Biden's social spending agenda in 2022 after facing setbacks in December. Key lawmakers seek to make telehealth flexibilities permanent A bipartisan bill from senior House Ways and Means Committee members would make at-home telehealth for Medicare patients outlast the pandemic. Cerner's scheduling system for the VA runs into new issues The new scheduling system was built under a $10 billion contract with Cerner, an electronic health records company. Employers expanded telemedicine coverage amid pandemic The Kaiser Family Foundation's annual survey also found that health benefit premiums are almost 50% higher than just a decade ago. Sponsored Content
Digital Health Business & Technology Staff Jessie Hellman Former Politics Reporter See All Staff Page
