Building New Policies and Procedures to Incorporate Telehealth

AHIMA May 11, 2021
Rita Bowen, MA, RHIA, CHPS, CHPC, SSGB, and Diana Warner, MS, RHIA, CHPS, CPHI, FAHIMA

Telehealth has expanded through federal and state measures intended to increase access during the pandemic.

Over the past year, telehealth has expanded through support from federal and state measures intended to increase access during the pandemic. In February 2021, a bipartisan group of lawmakers reintroduced the Protecting Access to Post-COVID-19 Telehealth Act to the US House of Representatives to ensure ongoing accessibility to telehealth services after the COVID-19 crisis. The legislation aims to:

• Ensure use of telehealth for Medicare patients during future disasters and emergencies.
• Remove geographic restrictions on patient access to telehealth services and enable provision of telehealth services to patients in their homes.
• Ensure provision of telehealth services by federally qualified health centers and rural health centers.
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