Healthcare IT News August 11, 2020
Expert panelists from the federal government, the American Telemedicine Association and other stakeholder groups weighed in at the ONC Tech Forum on Tuesday about what’s around the corner for virtual care.
It’s no surprise, at this point, that interest in telehealth has shot up in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
During the public health crisis, the federal government has enacted dozens of short-term policies making telehealth easier to access – recently supplemented by President Donald Trump’s executive order earlier this month.
But telehealth’s future is still an open question – one that expert panelists at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT’s Tech Forum sought to answer, at least in part, on Tuesday.
“Not surprisingly, reimbursement...