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Original Publication Date: July 1, 2020
Last Updated: February 16, 2023
Estimated Read Time: 2 minutes

(Updated 7/1/2020)

There have been changes to teletherapy regulations due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Stay up to date with the links below. Please check your state and local regulations and verify any information before moving forward with any tele-health platform. If you would like to share information with us to post, please email Ann Lundberg, NCB Logistics and Communications Coordinator, at [email protected].

COVID 19 changes to telemedicine (Posted 3/26/2020)

Changes to telemedicine regulations are summed up in this Medscape article shared with us by Eugene Augusterfer of HPRT. (Free registration is required to view the article.)

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Changes to Regulations due to COVID-19:

The American Psychological Association (APA) has called on states to lift interstate laws for telemental health during COVID.

This post has been shared with us by Cynthia Grguric at International Psychology and Healing.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) updates about COVID-19 tele-health and billing

It appears that the government waiver for Covid-19 care covers Medicare, which is a national program so all states are covered in the waiver. The second paper is on guidance for states, which administer Medicaid for individual states. Thus, each state has the right to set their own rules regarding telehealth, to include during this crisis. Each program needs to contact their individual state and check their states ruling on this issue. – From Eugene F. Augusterfer, Deputy Director and Director of Telemedicine, Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma

The Federation of State Medical Boards has created a list of states that have modified in-state licensure requirements. (Posted 6/25/2020)

If you have any regulations you think would be helpful to add please use the comment section below or contact Ann Lundberg at [email protected].

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