Publications by Michael T. Batt

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Colorado Artificial Intelligence Act: What Employers Need to Know

[01/24/25]

HHS Final Rule Overview: Disincentives for Health Care Providers That Have Committed Information Blocking

[07/29/24]

ONC Proposes Rule Clarifying Information Blocking Issues

[05/17/23]

HHS OCR Releases Guidance on Gender-Affirming Care and Health Care Anti-Discrimination Laws

[03/29/22]

Enterprise Communication Tools Create New Obligation for E911 Compliance

[03/10/22]

Information Un-Blocked: Increased Access Can Reveal Compliance Risks

[05/05/21]

FCC Announces Details on Round 2 of COVID-19 Telehealth Program Following Public Comment

[04/07/21]

Congress Appropriated Nearly $250 Million in Additional Funds to FCC’s COVID-19 Telehealth Program; FCC Seeks Comment

[01/19/21]

Updates to EHR Donation Rules and New Cybersecurity Donation Rules Published by HHS, CMS

[12/16/20]

What You Need to Know About ONC’s New Information Blocking Regulations

[10/22/20]

As the Information Blocking Regulations Deadline Approaches, Are You Prepared?

[10/22/20]

Telehealth Expansion: Proposed 2021 Physician Fee Schedule Updates and Planning for the New Normal

[08/04/20]

Information Blocking and Interoperability Regulations: A Few Key Points

[05/29/20]

Provision of Telehealth Equipment: Updated COVID-19 Guidance

[05/13/20]

CMS Expands Upon Prior Telehealth Waivers as Part of COVID-19 Response

[05/01/20]

CMS Telehealth Expansion for RHCs and FQHCs

[04/20/20]

FCC Releases Guidance on Scope of Eligible Equipment and Services Under COVID-19 Telehealth Program

[04/10/20]

FCC Announces Details of $200 Million COVID-19 Telehealth Program

[04/03/20]

FCC Undertakes Measures to Assist Health Care Providers In Light of COVID-19 Crisis

[04/02/20]

FCC Issues Guidance on the Scope of the TCPA’s “Emergency Purposes” Exception

[03/31/20]

CMS Confirms Provider’s Home Acceptable for Distant Site Telehealth Services

[03/24/20]

Medicare Telehealth Waivers Now Implemented with Significant Expansion

[03/17/20]

COVID-19 Results in Removal of DEA Controlled Substance Prescribing Limitations for Telemedicine

[03/17/20]

FCC Proceeds with $100 Million Telehealth Initiative, Seeks Comments on Proposed Program Rules

[08/06/19]

Consider Website and Other Technology Accessibility Obligations to Better Serve Your Community and Avoid Litigation and Loss of Federal Funding

[03/01/19]

OIG Requests Information from Stakeholders to Expand Anti-Kickback Statute and Civil Monetary Penalty Safe Harbors

[09/14/18]

FCC Considering Overhaul to Funding for Health Care Broadband and Telecommunications Programs

[01/15/18]

The MDLive Class Action: Understanding the Complex Relationship of Consumer Telehealth Platforms

[06/02/17]

USDA Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant Program Announced for 2015

[06/08/15]

Indiana Adopts Telehealth Parity

[05/28/15]

Colorado Passes Telehealth Coverage Expansion Law

[04/14/15]

Hospital Physician Practice Acquisitions: How Electronic Medical Records Impact

[06/12/14]

Congress Calls for Comments on Federal Legislative Changes Necessary to Encourage the Use of Telehealth Technology

[05/19/14]

FDA, ONC and FCC Issue Long-Awaited Recommendations for Regulation of Health IT

[04/10/14]

Federal Regulators Accepting Comments on Health IT Regulatory Framework

[04/10/14]

FDASIA Report Tasks FDA with Clarifying Its Approach to Health IT

[04/10/14]

No Further Delays for ICD-10

[02/27/14]

Changes to EHR Donation Regulations May Affect Your EHR Donation Arrangement

[12/27/13]

Issue of Eligible “Urban Health Clinic” Under Healthcare Connect Fund Appealed to the FCC

[12/02/13]

FCC Releases Form 460 for Healthcare Connect Fund

[09/13/13]

The Universal Service Fund and Healthcare Connect Fund

[01/01/13]

FCC Revises Universal Service Fund to Create Healthcare Connect Fund and Expand Access to Broadband

[12/17/12]

Meditech, FTI Cambio and HealthNET Settle Dispute with Methodist Hospitals

[10/17/12]

House Republican Leaders Urge Halt to Stage 2 Meaningful Use Payments

[10/05/12]

The FCC Indicates That New Rules for USF Will Be Issued in 2012

[07/18/12]

4 Action Items When Facing an EHR Software Implementation Failure

[07/17/12]

LTPAC Collaborative Releases 2012-2014 Health IT Road Map

[07/09/12]

Court finds security system of bank is not commercially reasonable

[07/09/12]

FCC seeks comment on continued funding of Rural Health Care Pilot Program Participants.

[03/06/12]

Electronic Health Record Donation Arrangements

[02/07/12]

Things to Consider Before Signing a Health IT Agreement

[01/24/12]

CMS Releases Final Rule Modifying eRx Incentive Program

[10/06/11]