Pennsylvania is trying again to pass comprehensive telehealth legislation. State Sen. Elder Vogel last month introduced The Telemedicine Act (SB 857), which aims to establish definitions for telemedicine and telehealth, provide temporary evaluation and treatment guidelines and ground rules for reimbursement, and give state departments up to two years to draft permanent rules and regulations. October 09, 2019
Alabama state officials are considering adding licensed social workers to the list of healthcare providers allowed to use telehealth. The state’s Board of Social Work Examiners has issued a notice of proposed rulemaking that would give social workers the option to use connected health provided they obtain documented informed consent from the client, they determine that telehealth is the best channel for serving that client and they meet confidentiality and HIPAA guidelines. October 08, 2019
For school age kids from K-12 through college-level requiring speech therapy in particular, remote access to professional services and practitioners will clearly become more ubiquitous. In fact, “the demand for speech-language therapists is already outpacing the supply in some cities,” says Licensed Speech Pathologist Orna Kempler-Azulay, president of Abington Speech Pathology Services, Inc. She’s helping spearhead the speech teletherapy charge in America and beyond with her ground-breaking service platform, RemoteSpeech.com. September 27, 2019
When you and your client live in different places, the income tax considerations can be confusing. Here’s a look at two important factors. September 2019
Higher telehealth rates would open doors for companies such as Amazon and WalMart to expand their healthcare business. October 7, 2019
