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???? Telehealth Awareness Week: A Bipartisan Push for Healthcare Access ? Rep. @Buddy Carter (R-GA) has introduced a bipartisan resolution declaring September 15, 2024, as Telehealth Awareness Week. Co-sponsored by a diverse group of legislators, this resolution highlights the critical role telehealth plays in delivering quality healthcare to seniors, rural communities, and people with disabilities. Read More: https://lnkd.in/eE3biPi6 Co-Sponsors: Doris Matsui (D-CA) John Curtis (R-UT) Terri Sewell (D-AL) Mike Thompson (D-CA) Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE) ? To celebrate, the American Telemedicine Association is hosting a week of online events featuring healthcare leaders and innovators, exploring the future of telehealth and its role in expanding access to care. Don’t miss out on these important discussions! Learn More: https://lnkd.in/exb54gJV? ? #TelehealthAwarenessWeek #HealthcareInnovation #Telehealth?

?? Big News from ATA Action! ?? ATA Action has launched a bipartisan Political Action Committee (PAC) to advocate for policies that remove barriers to virtual care. With critical telehealth flexibilities expiring at the end of 2024, this PAC comes at a crucial time. "There has never been a more important time in our history for a political action committee that represents the needs of clinicians and everyday Americans, especially those in underserved communities with limited access to healthcare services," said Kyle Zebley, SVP, Public Policy, the American Telemedicine Association (ATA) and Executive Director, ATA Action. Read the full announcement here: https://lnkd.in/eQQrmEyr Let's work together to ensure telehealth remains a permanent part of our healthcare future! ???? #Telehealth #VirtualCare #HealthcarePolicy

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?? Urgent Action Needed to Preserve Access to Virtual Prescribing ?? Today, more than 330 stakeholder organizations joined in co-signing letters to Congress and the White House, urging them to extend the remote prescribing flexibilities for controlled substances by two years. Without this extension, millions of patients could lose access to lifesaving care at the end of this year. “This is a predictable and preventable crisis that is looming come January 1 and we are quickly running out of time to save countless patients from being abandoned, left without lifesaving clinically appropriate care,” said Kyle Zebley, the ATA’s senior vice president, public policy, and executive director, ATA Action. ATA Action and the American Telemedicine Association (ATA) are calling on Congress and the Biden Administration to act swiftly to protect telehealth prescribing and ensure that vulnerable patients can continue receiving the care they need. Let’s work together to prevent a healthcare crisis! ???? #Telehealth #PatientCare #VirtualCare #ControlledSubstances #PolicyChange #HealthcareAccess Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eAhSEXTe

Urgent Call to Action for Medicare Telehealth Flexibilities The American Telemedicine Association and ATA Action have submitted detailed comments on the CY2025 Physician Fee Schedule, and urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to advocate for Congress to swiftly extend or make permanent the Medicare telehealth flexibilities. These flexibilities are crucial for maintaining access to safe, affordable, and appropriate care for millions of beneficiaries. Without Congressional action, we risk reverting to outdated restrictions that would severely hamper access to telehealth services. We urge Congress to act before the December 31 deadline to ensure continuity in telehealth care. Read more: https://lnkd.in/evyUPJhw #HealthcarePolicy #Medicare #Telehealth

The clock is ticking on telehealth access! In the Tea Leaves Reels (August 20th) from Third Horizon Strategies, hosted by David Smith, we dive into the looming healthcare cliff as Congress delays action on extending pandemic-era telehealth flexibilities. Our own Kyle Zebley was clear: "If Congress doesn’t take action prior to the end ofthe year to extend these pandemic-era telehealth Medicare flexibilities, we’re not going to just get dragged back to how telehealth looked in January of 2020; we’re going to get dragged back to 1997." This is a critical moment for the future of healthcare in America! Join ATA Action https://lnkd.in/eV5T2wZJ Join us at the 2024 EDGE policy conference https://lnkd.in/eEUzxm_w Listen to the full podcast: https://lnkd.in/eBfnDZmk ?

Leading the way with our colleagues American Telemedicine Association, we are thrilled to score our first telehealth victory for #Medicare providers! Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposal in the CY2025 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) extends the flexibility allowing distant site practitioners to report their practice location instead of their home address through 2025. “We’re pleased to deliver on our promise – successfully addressing providers’ critical compliance and security concerns – and will continue to advocate to make this flexibility permanent, both in the final PFS as well as in the years ahead…” pledged Kyle Zebley. ?? https://lnkd.in/ejUk--EX

???Urgent Call to Action! Medicare Telehealth Flexibilities Expiring Soon Telehealth advocates are urging Congress to act swiftly on Medicare telehealth flexibilities, set to expire at the end of the year. Kyle Zebley, Senior VP of Public Policy at the ATA, emphasizes the critical need for these flexibilities to continue, ensuring seniors retain access to essential virtual care. "Congress should just go ahead and do what we know they’re going to do anyhow and not allow these flexibilities to expire," said Zebley. As the deadline approaches, the healthcare community awaits Congress's decision - let's ensure our seniors continue to receive the care they need, wherever they are. Read more in this detailed?MedCity News?article by Marissa Plescia. https://lnkd.in/g3TYeRnz #Telehealth #Healthcare #Medicare #PublicPolicy #ATA #SeniorCare #HealthAccess

ATA Action members walked the halls of Congress today, urging Congressional leaders to act now, so that appropriate #telehealth policies are implemented soon, without arbitrary and unnecessary barriers to care such as in-person, brick-and-mortar, or geographic requirements. The clock is ticking! American Telemedicine Association ATA Action’s Kyle Zebley noted: “As we continue to seek permanent access to virtual care services, we remain grateful to the unwavering bipartisan, bicameral support for appropriate and necessary policies to ensure citizens have access to often life-saving telehealth services, when and where they need it.” ??https://bit.ly/4eyN131

Our own Kyle Zebley and Congressman Buddy Carter (R) engaged in a pivotal discussion on ATA Hill Day about the importance of telemedicine. They explored crucial federal policy priorities designed to enhance telehealth services across the nation. This event highlighted how these policies can transform virtual care accessibility and quality. #Telehealth #HealthcareInnovation #VirtualCare