Tucker Attorneys Mike Cassidy and Jerry Russo have been named as presenters for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute (PBI) 2022 Health Law Institute. They will be presenting a program entitled “Federal Telehealth Enforcement: Policy Through Prosecution”. Stay tuned for more information on this PBI Health Law Institute program as the date draws nearer.
Mike Cassidy Appointed Legal Advisory Group Member of the National Center for Telehealth and eHealth Law
Congratulations to Mike Cassidy on his recent appointment as a Member of the Legal Advisory Group of the National Center for Telehealth and eHealth Law (CTeL). Mike will co-present on behalf of CTeL, in a webinar entitled “The Myths about Telehealth–Hear the Facts”, at CTel’s Digital Health Summit in December.
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Future of telehealth: Boom or back to business as usual?
This article written by Michael Cassidy appeared in the September issue of the Allegheny County Medical Society Bulletin.
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Taskforce on Telehealth Policy Urges CMS to Retain Telehealth Changes
The Taskforce on Telehealth Policy (TTP) conveyed by NCQA, the Alliance for Connected Care, and the American Telemedicine Association (ATA) issued a report urging the retention of the new policies on telehealth issued by CMS during the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE). Use this link to view the report.
AHLA and Health IT News Report Enormous Telehealth Hacking Increases
The American Health Law Association and Health IT News recently published reports indicating enormous increases in telehealth hacking attacks.
Sam Kassoumeh, COO of Health IT News and Co-Founder of SecurityScorecard, stated:
“The rapid pace at which telehealth applications were ruled out during the pandemic made them attractive targets for cyber criminals . . . Our
Will COVID Finally Bring Telehealth Professional Licensing into the 21st Century?
The COVID pandemic has illuminated the need to modernize professional licensing. Although professional licensing has always been a necessary vigilance with licensing has always been appropriate, and never more so than as highlighted by the opioid epidemic and telemedicine fraud schemes when physicians could issue prescriptions and orders for services over the internet for patients
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Issue a Telemedicine Tool Kit
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS.gov) issued a Telemedicine Tool Kit. Use this link to access the Tool Kit.
Bring your own device (BYOD) to work day
This article by Mike Cassidy originally appeared in the Allegheny County Medical Society Bulletin June Edition. To read the article click here.
Telehealth, Net Neutrality and the Tipping Point
Telehealth is apparently reaching a critical mass where people are starting to review the potential problems of telehealth, rather than the potential opportunities.
In a MedLaw Blog post on December 6, 2017 and my related LinkedIn post, I referenced and included the link to the OIG’s audit plan, indicating OIG will begin to audit telehealth
Telehealth Reaches Tipping Point – Now Included in OIG Audit Plan
Telehealth has apparently reached the tipping point in its significance to the Medicare budget, because OIG has now announced that it will “review Medicare claims for telehealth services provided at distant sites that do not have corresponding claims from originating sites to determine whether those services met Medicare requirements.”
The expected issue date of the