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HITEQ Highlights: The Federal Telehealth Policy Landscape After the PHE: What's Staying (For Now) and What's Going

HITEQ Highlights Webinar

Year Developed: 2023

Resource Type: Archived Webinar.

Primary Audience: Administrative Staff Clinicians PCAs
Secondary Audience: Board of Directors C-Suite (CEOs, CFOs, CIO, COOs, CMOs, etc.) Enabling Staff Outreach Staff

Language(s): English

Developed by: HITEQ (See other resources developed by this organization).

Resource Summary: Worried about what the end of the Public Health Emergency Act will mean for your telehealth services? This session covered what the status of the various temporary federal telehealth policies will be once the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) ended on May 11, 2023. As health services have increasingly been provided through virtual care, one important policy discussed was the proposed rules that impact the prescribing of controlled substances using telehealth.

Resource Topic: Operations, Clinical Issues

Resource Subtopic: COVID-19, Administrative Policies, Emergency Management, Strategic Planning.

Keywords: Care Coordination, Communication, Transparency, and Outreach, Governing Boards, Health Information Exchange (HIE), Infectious Diseases, Legal Issues, Medicaid, Medicare, Older Adults (Elders/Elderly), Patient Demographics, Planning, Policies and Procedures, Quality Measures, Strategic Planning.