This is the executive summary of the CCHP telehealth model statute for California. It recommends modernizing state telemedicine and workforce laws, to encourage more robust adoption of telehealth technologies.
This project examined the need and opportunity for tele-ICUs in California through an environmental scan of critical care in California. Goals of the project were to (1) identify regions of the State with the greatest need for critical care capacity, improvement of ICU outcomes or efficiency, and (2) identify (and where possible, address) financial, regulatory and policy barriers to tele-ICU in California.
This report, prepared by BlueSky Consulting for CCHP, examined potential cost savings from AB 415, and estimated savings of more than $1.3 billion a year to Medi-Cal, the state’s Medicaid program. These savings would come from disease management programs for patients with heart failure and diabetes, and which employ electronic home monitoring systems.
The report also indicated potential savings from other telehealth services, but found a lack of consensus among researchers on cost savings overall from those services.
CCHP’s issue brief explores the benefits to using store-and-forward tele-dermatology, barriers to its use, and reasons why Medi-Cal has been slow to employ more telehealth-delivered dermatology.
CCHP’s collaborative project with the Network for Excellence in Health Innovation (NEHI) identified barriers that prevented tele-ICUs from playing a key role in California’s health care.
