Proposed Changes to telehealth following the covid-19 public health emergency

On February 2nd, 2021, the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) released its telehealth policy recommendations consisting of broad-based telehealth policy changes that would remain permanent fixtures following the eventual termination of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE). At a high-level, DHCS is seeking to modify or expand the use of synchronous telehealth, asynchronous telehealth, telephonic/audio-only, and to add remote patient monitoring to create a greater alignment and standardization across delivery systems, as indicated.

DHCS's proposal includes advancing the following telehealth policy