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The House and Senate Appropriations Committees last night released the fiscal year 2023 Omnibus Appropriations legislation that would fund the government through Sept. 30, 2023. The bipartisan bill includes various provisions beneficial to hospitals and health systems. The legislation would: Prevent the 4% Statutory Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) sequester more»

Hi! My name is Rebecca Canino. I am the executive director for the Office of Telemedicine at Johns Hopkins Medicine. We are pleased to partner with the NCTRC to provide a central site for end of Public Health Emergency (PHE) telehealth flexibility planning, which will include blog posts, trusted resource links, tips and tricks, and downloadable tools. I more»

The Rural Utilities Service (RUS or the Agency), a Rural Development (RD) agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), announce the acceptance of applications under the Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) grant program for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023.

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OSF OnCall, the digital health arm of Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare, is launching a no-cost digital monitoring program for respiratory syncytial virus. The program is available 24/7 for patients with a positive RSV test or diagnosis in Michigan and Illinois. In the first week of the program, more than 70 parents have enrolled newborns and children up more»

The FCC released the new map last week and is encouraging all interested parties, including states, communities, to submit challenges by January 13th, 2023. NTIA also pledged that it will release the State allocations of the broadband funding from the bipartisan infrastructure bill by June 30th. Here’s a video tutorial and more information on how to more»

That it will reduce access to care for the most vulnerable patients who may be unable to access digital services. That reimbursing providers for telemedicine services at the same rate as traditional services will encourage telemedicine overuse. That telemedicine is not an effective way to provide care. Data from more than 3,000 URMC providers showed more»

A new study from researchers at the Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University found that machine learning models trained using statewide health information exchange data can predict a patient's likelihood of being hospitalized with COVID-19. The paper, published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research, demonstrates the potential for HIE more»

More than 330 healthcare and industry organizations asked Congress this week to facilitate a pathway to comprehensive, permanent telehealth reform after the COVID-19 public health emergency ends. Co-led by the Alliance for Connected Care, American Telemedicine Association, College of Healthcare Information Management Executives, Consumer Technology more»