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We appreciate all of the engagement and feedback from our ATA members in
response to our state advocacy efforts. So far this year Arizona, Indiana,
Maryland, Mississippi, Montana, New Mexico, and North Carolina have passed legislation
expanding the coverage of telemedicine-provided services. Bills in DC, Missouri, and Nebraska are gaining a lot of momentum and being closely monitored. Please keep
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progress you are making with policy makers in your state (e.g.
scheduled hearings, legislative or regulatory proposals, media
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will spend up to $1 billion for projects that test new payment and service delivery models that will deliver better care and lower costs for Medicare, Medicaid, and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) enrollees. Specifically, CMS is seeking proposals in the following categories:
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At the 2013 American Telemedicine Association (ATA) conference, held May 5th-7th in Austin, Texas, more than 5,000 healthcare providers and telemedicine experts shared and learned from one another how video telepresence can improve both patient care delivery and the organizational bottom line. ATA’s keynote speaker, Lynn Britton, the CEO of Mercy Healthcare System, discussed how telemedicine impacts the 32 hospitals, 300 outpatient locations, and more than 1,700 integrated physicians in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma in the Mercy Healthcare System. Mr. Britton outlined the need for an institutional Virtual Care Center which would, in his words “be a place where healthcare providers operate a hub of care in which, through telemedicine patients are triaged and provided a coordination of care through three venues; Local, Regional and Virtual.”
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We appreciate all of the engagement and feedback from our ATA members in
response to our state advocacy efforts. So far this year Arizona, Maryland, Mississippi, Montana, and New Mexico have passed legislation expanding the coverage of telemedicine-provided services. Please keep us informed of any
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We're forming a discussion group within the ATA mHealth Special Interest Group (SIG). Medication management reaches into a number of ATA SIGs. We plan to use the upcoming ATA meeting in Austin as a chance to jumpstart a discussion group and networking. The meeting will be a Buy Your Own (BYO) cocktail event at
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We appreciate all of the engagement and feedback from our ATA members in
response to our state advocacy efforts. Please keep us informed of any
progress you are making with policymakers in your state (e.g.
scheduled hearings, legislative or regulatory proposals, media
attention, etc.).
Legislative Update
Arizona and Montana are the latest states to sign into law requirements for private insurers to cover healthcare services provided via telemedicine comparable to that of in-person services.
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