CARES Act Expands Telehealth Coverage for Medicare, FQHCs and the VA

These technological advances come at a time when the need for mental health care is particularly acute: According to a report from the National Alliance on Mental Illness, one in five adults in the United States experienced mental illness in 2020. And the numbers continue to climb.

Telehealth Support — Greater need for telehealth operations to provide advice, diagnoses, and ways to provide care outside of a doctor’s office.

One of the main limitations of the meaningful use funding is that it applies only to doctors, hospitals, and other eligible providers who bill either Medicaid or Medicare. Taken together, these two programs make the U.S. federal government the largest healthcare purchaser in the United States. But many healthcare providers do not take Medicare or M

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