The Telehealth Transformation: How US States are Leveraging Virtual Care in Response to COVID-19
All 50 states and Washington, D.C., have taken actions to improve access to telehealth in response to COVID-19.
HIMSS and PCHAlliance Reaffirm the Need for a Transition Plan from the PHE Telehealth Waivers
HIMSS and the Personal Connected Health Alliance provided written comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on the Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Policy and Regulatory Revisions in Response to the COVID–19 Public Health Emergency Interim Final Regulation.
HIMSS and PCHAlliance Submit Recommendations to Senate HELP Committee
HIMSS and PCHAlliance have submitted a statement for the record to the Senate HELP Committee on the hearing “Telehealth: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic.”
HIMSS and PCHAlliance Ask HHS OIG for More Clarity, Increased Coordination on Information Blocking CMP Proposed Regulation
HIMSS and the Personal Connected Health Alliance provided written comments to the Grants, Contracts, and Other Agreements: Fraud and Abuse; Information Blocking; Office of Inspector General's Civil Money Penalty Rules Proposed Regulation, which is focused on facilitating broader data ex...
HIMSS and PCHAlliance Submit Comments in Response to FCC 5G Fund for Rural America
HIMSS and PCHAlliance submitted comments in response to a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking requesting feedback on the establishment of the Federal Communications Commission 5G Fund for Rural America.
Pandemic Preparedness: HIMSS and PCHAlliance Submit Recommendations to Senate HELP Committee
HIMSS and PCHAlliance submitted a letter in response to Preparing for the Next Pandemic, a white paper by Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Chairman of the U.S. Senate HELP Committee.
HIMSS Becomes Founding Member of Patient ID Now Coalition
HIMSS joins other leading healthcare organizations in the formation of Patient ID Now, a national coalition committed to addressing the issue of patient identification by advocating for legislation and regulations.
HIMSS Submits Comments in Response to the Proposed Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems Annual Update
HIMSS recommendations to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services addressed Electronic Clinical Quality Measure reporting for the Inpatient Quality Reporting Program, increasing the quarterly reporting of quality data, mandatory reporting of the Hybrid Hospital-Wide Mortality measure&n...
Protecting Access to Post-COVID-19 Telehealth Act: HIMSS and PCHA Support Bipartisan Bill
Bipartisan bill will continue the expanded use of critical telehealth services beyond the current COVID-19 pandemic by eliminating restrictions on the use in Medicare, providing a bridge for patients currently using the practices because of the crisis and making permanent the disaster waiver auth...
Virtual Rally Kicks Off Telehealth Legislative Advocacy, Co-Hosted by HIMSS and PCHAlliance
HIMSS and PCHAlliance, along with Congressional Telehealth Caucus leaders and other healthcare organizations, are co-hosting a virtual rally to support continued telehealth access in the wake of the COVID-19 public health emergency.
House Votes to Remove Federal Ban on Unique Patient Identifier
The House of Representatives passed the six-bill FY2021 minibus package that includes the Labor-HHS appropriations bill. As part of the bill, the House approved by voice vote the bipartisan Foster-Kelly Amendment, which removed Section 510 of the Labor-HHS bill prohibiting federal funds for the p...
CMS Releases Proposed Changes to Telehealth, Merit-based Value Pathways and Certification in Physician Fee Schedule Rule
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released its proposed changes to the Physician Fee Schedule for Calendar Year 2021. This proposed rule has significant implications for telehealth and remote physiologic monitoring, Merit-based Value Pathways and Health IT Certification.<...>