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From: ACRM | American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine <xxxxxx@acrm.org>
Date: April 30, 2020 at 11:01:06 PM EDT
To: Alisa Brownlee <xxxxxx@alsa-national.org>
Subject: ACRM Breaking News
Reply-To: xxxxxx@acrm.org
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued new waivers to add additional types of healthcare professionals who can provide “distant site” telehealth services, “including physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech language pathologists, and others.”
These waivers were part of a new round of substantial regulatory and rule changes announced today aimed at enhancing “flexibility for Medicare telehealth services” in order to expand care during the current COVID-19 emergency.
For full details, please see the COVID-19 Emergency Declaration Blanket Waivers for Health Care Providers.
This breaking news is brought to you by ACRM and the Pandemic Task Force.
Tracey Wallace, MS, CCC-SLPCo-Chair, ACRM Technology Networking GroupCo-Chair, Pandemic Task ForceSpeech-Language Pathologist/ Clinical Research Scientist, Shepherd Center
John DzivakCo-Chair, Pandemic Task ForceVice President & Chief Information Officer, Pt Pal
To support our healthcare heros serving on the front lines, ACRM has extended the 2020 Annual Conference Call for Proposals. Proposals for scientific papers (18-minute oral presentations) and posters will now be accepted through 12 May.
