by JESSICA DAMASSA, WTF HEALTH
Only one week earlier than the ATA EDGE Coverage Convention (12/7-12/9 Washington DC) we get a SNEAK PEEK at what’s topping the agenda – and the American Telemedicine Affiliation (ATA)’s record of priorities for 2023 – to make sure that digital well being and digital care suppliers keep away from the ‘telehealth cliff’ that would ship us again to pre-pandemic scaling problems with each observe and reimbursement.
Kyle Zebley, SVP of Public Coverage on the ATA and Government Director of ATA Motion (the ATA’s affiliate advocacy group) offers us the thin on the place insurance policies at the moment stand on the federal and state degree and, extra importantly, what’s in jeopardy of adjusting quickly. The record is lengthy – every little thing from interstate observe to originating website stipulations, in-person go to necessities (particularly for tele-mental well being visits), and a lot of favorable reimbursement insurance policies that made telehealth a coated profit at federally certified well being facilities, rural well being clinics, and below some high-deductible well being plans. And, these are simply to call just a few…
Proper now, the pandemic’s public well being emergency remains to be in impact till mid-January, and, although it’s anticipated to be renewed, the renewal will solely get us into the second quarter of 2023. Kyle offers us the in-depth particulars on what ATA is advocating for and the way they’re doing it. Of specific curiosity is the work being completed to protect clinicians’ skill to ship cross-state care. The small print listed here are fascinating. Kyle explains the nuances of techniques like licensure compacts and customary sense exceptions which can be being explored to completely lengthen cross-state telehealth care, in addition to the function the federal authorities can play in serving to these insurance policies alongside by incentivizing states to undertake these them by means of a “carrot-and-stick strategy.”
The time to get entangled is now, Well being Tech! Get your begin by watching this in-depth chat with Kyle to get caught up on the place issues stand, then take a look at ATA’s website for data on what you are able to do to help these on-going efforts to maintain digital care a rising car for healthcare supply.
* Particular due to Wheel, sponsor of this particular month-to-month WTF Well being sequence on the insurance policies which can be altering telehealth and digital care. Wheel is the well being tech firm powering the digital care trade, supplies firms with every little thing they should launch and scale digital care providers — together with the regulatory infrastructure to ship prime quality and compliant care. Study extra at www.wheel.com.