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The COVID-19 pandemic has forced America’s health care system to adapt and rethink. A safe harbor for health centers has been the ability to expand telehealth care, and the benefits to our patients have been substantial. Preserving and expanding access to care during the pandemic was only possible due to state and federal telehealth policies that gave providers greater ability to expand access. However, many of these provisions expire when the pandemic-related Public Health Emergency (PHE) is terminated, likely in 2022. That is why a range of state and federal policy actions are required to make these advancements permanent. This session will focus on key policy actions that PCAs are pursuing to preserve and make permanent telehealth services in Medicare and Medicaid.
Learning Objectives
Discuss current and future telehealth legislation on the state and federal level.
Seek input and feedback on short- and long-term advocacy, research, and other critical pieces needed to support telehealth policies.
Identify best practices that have led to telehealth policy success.
In 2019, NAMD and NACHC convened a workgroup of eight State Medicaid Directors and State PCA leaders to systematically explore priority areas and identify opportunities for collaboration at the national and state levels…
Overview of Federal Policy Issues including updates related to mandatory and discretionary funding, COVID-19 funding, President's Budget proposal, Congressional funding priorities, 340B, workforce, telehealth, infrastructure/capital, teaching health centers and look-a-like funding…
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