Resources & Reports

While many are likely familiar with the usual policy channels for telehealth in states, such as laws, regulations, Medicaid manuals, providers letters and bulletins, which comprise the majority of source information on the Center for Connected Health Policy’s (CCHP) Policy Finder, occasionally a state agency or other various organizations in the state may develop and make available additional valuable telehealth resources that readers may find helpful, yet they do not fit into the CCHP Policy Finder’s specific categories (which currently include Medicaid Reimbursement, Private Payer Policies, and Professional Regulation).  Below are a few examples that demonstrate the variety of different materials that could be useful to patients, providers and policymakers.

CCHP’s July Newsletter is here! This month’s topics include – CMS Updates Mental Health & Substance Use Disorder Telehealth Coverage Guidance; Congress Weighs Digital Health Innovation in House Committee Hearing; Telehealth and Nutrition Policy Align Under MAHA Momentum; Latest Developments in CCHP’s Telehealth Policy Finder; New Study to Evaluate Telerehabilitation for Chronic Low Back Pain in Rural Areas; Remote Care Quality & RPM’s Future. 

While Medicare telehealth policy is certainly important, we should not forget that there are also other coverage and reimbursement policies that will impact the utilization and reimbursement of telehealth, such as Medicaid and private payer policies.  Unlike the Medicare telehealth policies, the fate of telehealth private payer policies rest primarily in the hands of the states, as each state crafts their own policies regarding commercial payers’ coverage and reimbursement of telehealth delivered services.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is crafting an ambitious institute-wide strategy to guide its use and development of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies—and they are now seeking public input. The NIH is calling on researchers, health systems, developers, and stakeholders across sectors to help shape the direction of biomedical AI over the coming decade. The deadline for submitting comments is July 15, 2025.

The Rural Telehealth Research Center (RTRC) recently published a research and policy brief titled “Organizational Factors Associated with Using Telehealth Services: Perspectives from Leaders of Rural Health Clinics and Federally Qualified Health Centers.” The paper, which contains the findings of interviews conducted with leaders in rural health clinics (RHCs) and federally qualified health centers (FHQCs), focused on the challenges, trends and resources needed to provide services via telehealth in their clinics. The interviews were conducted between May – September 2024. Interviewees included leaders and staff of a select sample of RHCs and FQHCs who volunteered for this study and were located in six states: Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, Vermont, Virginia and Washington.  A total of seven FQHCs and 10 RHCs were involved in the interviews.