Health Policy Round Up 5.30.19
AB-744, a bill that would establish telehealth payment parity for all California payers, was passed by the Assembly and has moved on to the Senate.
Health Policy Round Up 5.21.19
During third week of May, legislative appropriations committees met to vote on bills with a fiscal impact. Among the bills that made it out of the committee were several that impact telehealth services in California health plans and programs, including AB 744 that would require payment parity for telehealth services by health insurers and plans. The Governor of New Mexico signed a similar payment parity bill this year and Texas legislators just sent a payment parity bill to the Governor’s desk for consideration.
New Approaches Tackle the Opioid Crisis by Integrating In-Person Care and Digital Tools
The opioid crisis continues to wreak havoc on America’s communities.To battle this on-going crisis, companies are developing and offering solutions that combine in-person care and digital tools to connect patients with the treatment they need and enable providers and health systems to identify and treat opioid abuse problems as they arise. These offerings bring leading-edge technologies, including digital health tools, telehealth platforms, computer-aided decision systems and data analytics, to providers and patients to bring the opioid epidemic to its knees.
Health Policy Round Up 5.9.19
On May 9th, Governor Newsom released his revised proposal for the state budget, which includes $20 million to support a five-year expansion of the state’s Whole Person Care pilots and $98 million to expand Medi-Cal to all undocumented, uninsured individuals up to age 25. These revisions reflect Governor Newsom’s emphasis on improving Califonia’s access to mental health services.
High-Level Government Bodies and Organizations Promote Telehealth As Standard Care Delivery
May 10, 2019 — Telehealth and other digital health tools are being promoted and supported publicly by global and governmental bodies. A new WHO Guideline reviews telehealth and digital health tools’ global effectiveness and affordability and U.S. government agency reports and grants support telehealth for effective healthcare delivery.
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