analyzing policy

Discussion Prompt: analyzing policy (2 diff copies)

How does U.S. government reimbursement policies for healthcare providers impact the use of telemedicine in your state?

Expectations

Initial Post:

• Length: A minimum of 250 words, not including references
• Citations: At least one high-level scholarly reference in APA from within the last 5 years

• Reading

• Patton, Zalon, Ludwick Chaps 5 & 6
• Additional Required Website Readings:
  • GovTrack.us (2019). S.787—115th Congress: Telehealth Innovation and Improvement Act of 2017.
  • The National Telehealth Policy Resource Center (2019, Oct.). News, Telehealth Policy. Public Health Institute.
  • Telemedicine Regulations in California (2019). Chiron Health.
  • Wicklund, E. (2019). CMS at ATA: Medicare coverage of telehealth will take some time. mHealth Intelligence.
  • American Telemedicine Association (ATA) (2019). Policy updates.  Washington, DC: Author.
  • American Telemedicine Association (ATA) (2019). State of the states report: Coverage and reimbursement. Washington,DC: Author.

VIDEOS

• Peterson, M. (2017, Feb.). What is policy analysis?