Lexology September 22, 2021
Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP

Takeaways:

  • Telehealth greatly expanded during the COVID-19 pandemic, in large part due to regulatory waivers. Those regulatory waivers aren’t permanent, but lawmakers are evaluating ways to permanently expand some aspects of telehealth coverage.
  • While the HHS OIG recognizes the importance that telehealth plays in our healthcare system and will continue to evaluate new telehealth policies and technologies so as to improve care, it will also strive to ensure that they are not compromised by fraud, abuse, and misuse.
  • Through recent telehealth policies and funding, the government is working to improve healthcare equity and resources for telehealth.

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Topics: Digital Health, Govt Agencies, Health IT, Healthcare System, OIG, Patient / Consumer, Provider, Public Health / COVID, Technology, Telehealth
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