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Western states ‘working together’ on telehealth services

Western states ‘working together’ on telehealth services
The Center Square
August 24, 2020

Margo Jarvis takes part in video teleconference at Cohen Veteran’s Network’s on Wednesday, April 22, 2020, in Fayetteville, N.C. Since the pandemic began, the organization has pivoted their mental health services to telehealth at their 15 clinics across the United States.
AP Photo / Sarah Blake Morgan

(Derek Draplin) – A group of governors from western states are “working together” to identify the best telehealth practices in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown and Washington Gov. Jay Inslee issued a joint statement announcing the “coordinated and principle-driven approach” to telehealth this month.

“Our states have significant individual and collective experience with telehealth,” the governors said. “To ensure that the nation benefits from our knowledge as changes to federal regulations are contemplated, to support continued application and availability of telehealth in our states, and to ensure that we address the inequities faced in particular by tribal communities and communities of color, we are announcing that Colorado, Nevada, Oregon and Washington have agreed to work together to identify best practices that support telehealth services for residents of our states.”

The governors cited seven principles to their state telehealth policies, including: access, confidentiality, equity, standard of care, stewardship, patient choice, and payment/reimbursement.

The groups said its standard of care principle “should apply to all services and information provided via telehealth, including quality, utilization, cost, medical necessity and clinical appropriateness.”

For stewardship, the governors said their states “will require the use of evidence-based strategies for the delivery of quality care, and will take steps to mitigate and address fraud, waste, discriminatory barriers and abuse.”

The four states, along with California, in April created a regional working group focused on gradually reopening the economy.

In Colorado, lawmakers passed a bill to extend telehealth access beyond the COVID-19 pandemic, which was signed into law in July.

By

Derek Draplin | The Center Square

Derek Draplin is a regional editor at The Center Square. He previously worked as an opinion producer at Forbes, and as a reporter at Michigan Capitol Confidential and The Detroit News. He’s also an editor at The Daily Caller.

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