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Date: Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 2:11 PM<br>Subject: TCredentialing Letter Sent to Secretary Sebelius With Over 370 Signatures<br>To: <a href="mailto:csbritain@gmail.com">csbritain@gmail.com</a><br><br><br>
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<p align="left">Credentialing Letter Sent to Secretary Sebelius With Over 370 Signatures</p></strong></font></font></td></tr></tbody></table>
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<div>Over 370 signers from across the country responded to the Telehealth Leadership Initiative's "call to action" and joined on the credentialing letter sent to Secretary Sebelius at the Department of Health and Human Services asking her help in solving the problem with the credentialing of telehealth practitioners. TLI wants to thank all of the signers who answered this "call to action" which was sent to the Department earlier this week. </div>
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<div>Congressman Mike Thompson (D-CA) included language in his comprehensive telehealth bill (H.R. 2068), requiring the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) to accept the Joint Commission's Standards of Telemedicine to be in compliance with CMS's Conditions of Participation. These standards were designed to allow for the credentialing of telehealth practitioners in the most efficient manner possible.</div>
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<div>H.R. 2068 was one of the action items on the agenda for the TLI's June Telehealth Leadership Conference TLI cosponsored by the HomeCare Technology Association of America and the American Telemedicine Association. With the assistance of the conference participants who took the H.R 2068 message to Capitol Hill, Congressman Thompson was successful in having his credentialing "fix" legislation included in the health care reform package adopted by the House Ways and Means Committee.</div>
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