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Medicare Panel May Suggest Expanded Use of Telehealth By Mindy Yochelson | September 8, 2017 6:23PM ET • Despite growth spurt, use remains low • Advocate says increases in telehealth use will correspond to decreases in pricier in-person services (BNA) — Congress’s Medicare advisers are considering a bigger role for telehealth services, although there’s concern it might… Read more »

From PR NEWSWIRE: CHARLOTTE, N.C., July 12, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Healthcare Education Associates and The Resource Initiative & Society For Education (RISE) are pleased to announce that New York Times best-selling author, board certified emergency medicine physician, philanthropist, health and social commentator for major media outlets, Dr. Sampson Davis, is the keynote speaker for The 7th Annual RISE West Summit (September… Read more »

 What’s Ahead: This Week Hearings/Markups – Monday, June 12 House Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies, “FY 2018 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Bill.” Tuesday, June 13 Senate HELP Committee, “The Cost of Prescription Drugs: How the Drug Delivery System Affects What Patients Pay.” House Rules Committee, “H.R. 1215: Protecting… Read more »

 Top takeaways from the week: 1) Senate Republicans are moving closer to compromise and are aiming to pass replacement legislation by the July 4 recess; 2) The Senate Budget Committee announced the Senate Parliamentarian has approved the House-passed AHCA; and 3) CMS released a Request for Information aimed at reducing regulatory burdens imposed by the… Read more »

Top ACA-repeal takeaways from the week: 1) AHCA passed in the House by a 217-213 vote; 2) The McSally Amendment, which prevent Members of Congress and their staff from being exempt from the State waiver provisions of AHCA passed in the House by a 429-0 vote; 3) the Senate has made clear they will write… Read more »