Resources & Reports

CCHP’s July Newsletter is here! This month’s topics include – CMS Proposes 2025 Physician Fee Schedule, Strives to Preserve Telehealth Flexibilities Amid Statutory Constraints; Regulatory Crossroads: Past, Present and Potential Future – Telemedicine Controlled Substance Prescribing Amid Fraud Concerns; CMS Clarifies Rate for Place of Service Code 10 in Manual; Medicaid and CHIP Services Bulletin on Enhancing Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Treatments through Health IT; An Update on Federal Legislation to Extend (or Make Permanent) COVID Medicare Telehealth Flexibilities; Advancing Personalized Care with Remote Patient Monitoring and AI; AMA CPT Editorial Panel Meeting Stalls Changes to Remote Patient Monitoring Codes; FCC’s Net Neutrality Rules Face Legal Challenges Ahead of July 22 Implementation; Latest Policy Developments in CCHP’s Telehealth Policy Finder and Policy Trends Map; Environmental and Health Benefits of Decentralized Cancer Care: Telehealth’s Impact. 

Provider licensure exceptions particular to the use of telehealth across state lines continues to be a popular issue area for those reaching out to CCHP for technical assistance. Questions are received from providers and patients alike, and often providers ask for a list of specific states that currently allow out-of-state providers to deliver care via telehealth to in-state patients for their specific profession. In this week’s write up, we would like to drill down on this area of telehealth policy in the hopes of painting a clearer picture.

On June 13^th the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a federal health care fraud indictment against the founder and CEO of Done Global Inc., as well as the company’s clinical president, alleging the individuals were conspiring to commit health care fraud, amongst other charges. The issue has put the currently waived in-person requirements related to controlled substance prescribing in the spotlight due to the fact that the company was focused around Adderall (which is a Schedule II controlled substance) and other stimulant prescribing via telehealth.

On May 31, 2024, the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) which provided subsidies to households for broadband connectivity ended due to lack of additional funding.  Put into place as a replacement for the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program, the ACP helped over 23 million households in the United States.  With the end of this program, continued access to the internet is questionable for these households.