Resources & Reports

On February 9, 2015, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updated Mobile Medical Applications: Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff (The Guidance). The Guidance is meant to provide clarity and predictability for mobile medical application (app) manufacturers, and other interested parties. This CCHP fact sheet helps to clarify these recommendations- including 2 easy to understand charts; one which outlines the Mecial device classifications and requirements and one which summarizes the FDA regulatory enforcemtent of Medical Apps.  

On February 9, 2015, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued Medical Device Data Systems, Medical Image Storage Devices, and Medical Image Communications Devices: Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff (The Guidance). This CCHP fact sheet summarizes the purpose and intention of The Guidance.

In February 2015 the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards released model language to facilitate the practice of telepsychology and temporary in-person psychology across jurisdictions, referred to as the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact. The Compact is only model language, and would have to be passed as a statute in at least seven states to come into existence.

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed the creation and testing of a new payment model to be called the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CCJR) Model. The CCJR model is “to promote quality and financial accountability for episodes of care surrounding a lower-extremity joint replacement (LEJR) or reattachment of a lower extremity procedure” by testing “whether bundled payments to acute care hospitals for LEJR episodes of care will reduce Medicare expenditures while preserving or enhancing the quality of care for Medicare beneficiaries.”

This infographic features four states with model telehealth reimbursement policies that apply to their Medicaid programs and/or private payer insurance providers.