Posts Tagged: Telehealth

Health Care Policy Update – Weekly Wrap-up and What’s Ahead

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 What’s Ahead: This Week  Hearings/Markups – Tuesday, June 5 Senate Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Military Construction Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, “Markup of the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019.” Wednesday, June 6 House Ways & Means Committee, Subcommittee on Health, “Hearing on Lowering Costs and Expanding Access to Health Care through… Read more »

Health Care Policy Update – Weekly Wrap-up and What’s Ahead

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What’s Ahead: This Week Hearings/Markups – Monday, March 12 House Veterans Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Health, “VA Healthcare: Maximizing Resources in Puerto Rico.” Wednesday, March 14 House Budget Committee, “CBO Oversight: Perspectives from Outside Experts.” Thursday, March 15 House Veterans Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Health, “FY 2019 Department of Veterans Affairs Budget Request for the Veterans… Read more »

Azar Could Be a Telemedicine Champion

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AZAR COULD BE A TELEMEDICINE CHAMPION: At least one advocacy group thinks the former Eli Lilly executive now heading the health department will advance virtual care. Alex Azar — whose swearing-in ceremony was peppered with insistence from the president that he would lower drug prices — told lawmakers during his confirmation process that he supported… Read more »

Health Care Policy Update – Weekly Wrap-Up and What’s Ahead

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 What’s Ahead: This Week Hearings – Tuesday, October 3 House Energy & Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Health, “Examining Patient Access to Investigational Drugs.” Wednesday, October 4 Senate Finance Committee, “Open Executive Session to Consider the Keep Kids’ Insurance Dependable and Secure (KIDS) Act of 2017.” Thursday, October 5 Senate HELP Committee, “The Federal Response to the… Read more »

Both Sides of the Aisle Agree – Telemedicine is the Future | The Hill Op-ed

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Last Thursday, in the midst of the intense debate about the future of ObamaCare, Congress held yet another hearing extoling the virtues of telehealth and remote patient monitoring, and lamenting the barriers in Medicare that are preventing seniors from accessing these new technologies in the same way as patients in the commercial market. The hearing… Read more »