By Kim Stanger
Idaho’s new Virtual Care Access Act (the “Act”) amends Idaho’s existing law to make it easier to render telehealth in Idaho effective July 1, 2023. The requirements of the new Act are summarized below. Read more
By Kim Stanger
As part of Governor Little’s initiative to reduce nonessential regulations, Idaho licensing boards (including the Idaho Board of Medicine) have withdrawn their rules implementing the Idaho Telehealth Access Act for healthcare providers, including physicians, physician assistants, dentists, and psychologists. (See, e.g., former IDAPA 24.33.03.201 et seq.). Consequently, physicians and most other healthcare providers need only comply with the Act, which requires the following: Read more
On December 3, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a fourth amendment to the Declaration under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP Act) to increase access to critical countermeasures against COVID-19. The Holland & Hart Healthcare Group shares this important update from HHS for your information:
We will continue to monitor this news and will provide more in-depth insights on the impacts of this amendment.
By Kim Stanger
Telehealth expanded dramatically in response to the COVID pandemic. Now that providers, patients, payers and public officials have seen the benefits, it is almost certain that telehealth will continue to play an increasingly important role in our healthcare delivery system. Providers wishing to practice telehealth in Idaho (and elsewhere) must beware the legal and practical requirements, including those set forth in statute or licensing board regulations. Read more
By Kim Stanger
On April 22, 2020, HHS announced specifics concerning the next round of the $100 billion Provider Relief Fund payments, some of which should reach provider bank accounts today. https://www.hhs.gov/coronavirus/cares-act-provider-relief-fund/index.html. As with the initial $30 billion, the additional payments come with more strings attached.
Additional Payments.
1. General allocation. An additional $20 billion will go to providers who rendered diagnoses, testing or care of individuals with possible or actual cases of COVID-19 after January 31, 2020, including such providers who were largely left out of the initial $30 billion disbursement. The initial $30 billion was allocated based on the providers’ 2019 Medicare fee for services payments. The next $20 billion will also reach providers who receive only a small amount of Medicare revenue, e.g., children’s hospitals. The $20 billion will be allocated so that the combined $50 billion in payments reflects the providers’ 2018 net patient revenue.
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