Resources & Reports

As the COVID-19 pandemic moves towards its third year anniversary, some are seeing an eventual end to the public health emergency (PHE).  In the Fall 2022, the Center for Connected Health Policy (CCHP) held two webinars in its popular state telehealth policy series that focused on what the telehealth policy landscape may look like in a post-PHE environment.  The Fall Series expanded the scope of subject matter as the sessions focused on federal issues, specifically what might be expected in a post PHE environment, and what providers needed to keep in mind when operating in multiple jurisdictions.

The Center for Connected Health Policy’s (CCHP) Fall 2022 Summary Report of the state telehealth laws and Medicaid program policies is now available as well as updated information on our online Policy Finder tool.  The most current information in the online tool may be exported for each state into a PDF document. The following is a summary of the current status of telehealth policy in the states given these new updates.  CCHP provides these bi-annual summary reports in the Spring and Fall each year to provide a snapshot of the progress made in the past six months.  CCHP is committed to providing timely policy information that is easy for users to navigate and understand through our Policy Finder.  The information for this summary report covers updates in state telehealth policy made between July and early September 2022.

Read the executive summary

While this Executive Summary provides an overview of findings, it must be stressed that there are nuances in many of the telehealth policies. To fully understand a specific policy and all its intricacies, the full language of it must be read utilizing CCHP’s telehealth Policy Finder. For further information, visit cchpca.org.

September 1, 2022 marks CCHP’s ten-year anniversary as the federally designated National Telehealth Resource Center for Policy. For the past decade, CCHP has tracked and followed policy development for all 51 jurisdictions in the United States (District of Columbia included) as well as at the federal level providing us with the unique opportunity to observe and study the development of state and federal telehealth policy in the United States. This past decade also happens to be the period that encompasses some of the most significant telehealth policy developments seen thus far. This document is not only a report of what has transpired, but a means of setting the stage for the next chapter.

Thrust into the forefront of healthcare with the advent of COVID-19, telehealth policy has taken a prominent place in discussions and actions on both the state and federal level. However, the telehealth policy landscape is complicated and ever-evolving with many trying to keep pace with multitude of changes and issues.  For the Summer 2022 edition of the Center for Connected Health Policy’s (CCHP) webinar series, the focus was more on state policy issues that have been of great interest to many.

CCHP has released a new updated telehealth billing guide as a follow up to its 2021 billing guide to provide a helpful tool for healthcare entities trying to navigate the complexities of billing for telehealth and virtually delivered services.