HealthIT Answers June 6, 2020
By Matt Fisher, Esq
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about numerous changes to the healthcare industry, most notably on the regulatory front. When the pandemic reached emergency levels in the mid-March time period, the order officially declaring a state of emergency was quickly followed by many regulatory waivers, announcements of enforcement discretion, or outright changes to the regulations. Those changes along with the interpretive guidance came out on what felt like a daily or even more frequent basis. The flurry of changes meant that all, whether the government agencies, hospitals, physicians, and others, were all scrambling to figure out what to do.
Telehealth is one area that went from extremely low utilization to the predominant means of delivering healthcare...