Emergency Telehealth Section Newsroom

March 27, 2019

At a Glance: HHS Emergency Triage Treat and Transport Payment Model

On February 14, 2019, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) within the Department of Health and Human Services announced a new payment and service delivery model called Emergency Tria...

March 27, 2019

Interview with Dr Chris Davis

I grew up mostly in New England. I was a military brat and so moved all over as a young kid. When my father retired, we settled in New Hampshire. I worked for the Appalachian Mountain Club as an EM...

March 27, 2019

Taskforce Updates

The operational guideline task force was commissioned in order to make sure the guidelines that governed our section were appropriate, current and enabled the section to function effectively.

September 18, 2018

Proposed Fee Schedule for Reimbursement of Telemedicine

On July 12, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a Medicare annual payment rule for calendar year (CY) 2019 that proposes potential changes to Medicare payments for physic...

September 18, 2018

Survey of Medical Students’ Training on Telemedicine

Telemedicine continues to grow as technology plays a larger role in the delivery of medical care. As more academic hospitals begin to use telemedicine in at least one department, students may have inc...