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Oct. 21, 2024

RHeSUS Lunch and Learn Series

This Lunch and Learn series was developed to support those who treat and care for people struggling with substance use disorders in rural Wisconsin at no cost to participants. This series runs every third Monday of each month from 12:15 - 1:15 pm CT.

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Apr. 17, 2024

Issue Paper: Extensions Needed to Critical Health Care Programs

Prior to waivers granted during the COVID-19 pandemic, Medicare had geographic and site restrictions. This means it only reimbursed for telehealth care provided to patients located in rural, health professional shortage areas (geographic) who traveled to a health care facility (site) to receive telehealth.

Critical Access Telehealth - Advocacy

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Dec. 8, 2022

Issue Paper: Permanent Regulatory Flexibility Needed

Patients continue to benefit from the PHE waivers that allow hospitals to expand access to care and are expected to remain at least through mid-April.

Telehealth - Advocacy

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Jul. 29, 2021

WHA Testimony on AB 296 – Support for Telehealth provisions with an Additional Amendment

Download WHA Testimony on AB 296 – Support for Telehealth provisions with an Additional Amendment.

Telehealth - Advocacy

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Jun. 24, 2021

Issue Paper: Preserve Telehealth Gains

Download this issue paper about preserving telehealth gains and making telehealth flexibilities permanent.

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May. 26, 2021

Testimony on SB 309 - Support for Telehealth Provisions with Additional Amendment

The Wisconsin Hospital Association thanks the Committee for the opportunity speak again on advancing telehealth in Wisconsin. WHA was pleased to work with Senators Kooyenga and Bewley and Representatives Loudenbeck and Kolste on bipartisan Medicaid telehealth legislation in 2019. That legislation, which became 2019 Act 56 in March 2020, was governed by a simple premise: telehealth is health care.

Telehealth - Advocacy

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Jun. 25, 2020

WHA Letter to WI Cong. Delegation re Telehealth Extensions

Download the WHA letter to Wisconsin's Congressional Delegation about telehealth extensions.

Telehealth - Advocacy

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Jun. 25, 2020

Fact Sheet: Making Telehealth Flexibilities Permanent: Legislation or Regulation?

This document represents what actions would be necessary to maintain or extend telehealth flexibilities that were implemented during the COVID-19 public health emergency.

Telehealth - Advocacy

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Feb. 1, 2020

Updated WHA Issue Paper: Remove Barriers to Telehealth Innovation

More and more health care providers are using telehealth to improve access to patient care in everything from basic urgent care to highly specialized services like stroke care. Telehealth can be especially effective in increasing access to care in rural areas.

Rural Health Care Telehealth - Advocacy

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Jan. 21, 2020

Universal Service Fund Telemedicine Equipment Program

The Medical Telecommunications Equipment Grant Program (Telemedicine Program) was created to provide funding to nonprofit medical clinics, hospitals or public health agencies for the purchase of specialized telecommunications equipment designed to augment or enhanced the delivery of medical services.

Telehealth - Advocacy