mHealth Intelligence June 26, 2020
Governor Gretchen Whitmer has signed into a law a package of bills that will give providers more Medicaid coverage for telehealth and allow them to use remote patient monitoring and asynchronous platforms more freely.
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has signed into law a handful of bills aimed at expanding telehealth in the state, giving providers more Medicaid coverage and the leeway to use remote patient monitoring and asynchronous platforms.
The package of five bills was introduced in January in the House and passed in May, with the Senate voting its approval in June. On May 14, Whitmer signed an executive order expanding telehealth coverage to deal with the COVID-19 emergency.
House Bills 5412-5416 “will increase access to healthcare in Michigan...