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[mailto:ortcctelehealth-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Catherine
Britain<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, September 14, 2009 2:13 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> TAO Listserv; reimburse@ortelehealth.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [ORTCCTelehealth-TAO] Fwd: Maine and Oregon Telehealth Leaders
Speak on State Telehealth Reimbursement<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>---------- Forwarded message
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From: <b>CTeL</b> <<a href="mailto:communications@ctel.org">communications@ctel.org</a>><br>
Date: Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 2:01 PM<br>
Subject: Maine and Oregon Telehealth Leaders Speak on State Telehealth
Reimbursement<br>
To: <a href="mailto:csbritain@gmail.com">csbritain@gmail.com</a><br>
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color:#8CD7F7'>Center for Telehealth & </span></strong><span
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target="_blank"><span style='color:#8CD7F7'>www.telehealthlawcenter.org</span></a></span><strong><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#8CD7F7'> </span></strong><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#2D465A'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#8CD7F7'>(202) 230-5090 </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#8CD7F7'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#5A3818'>Confirmed:
Maine State Representative and Oregon Telehealth Expert to Speak
on State Legislative Policies for Telehealth!!</span></strong><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#5A3818'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:4.5pt'><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#5A3818'>Dear
Telehealth Leader!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:4.5pt'><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#5A3818'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:4.5pt'><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#5A3818'>We are excited
to announce that Maine State Representative Anne C. Perry and Catherine
Britain of Oregon are confirmed to speak at CTeL's <em><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Washington Live!</span></em>
Brown Bag Telehealth Seminar titled, "Strategies for Telehealth
Policy Changes at the State Level."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#5A3818'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:4.5pt'><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#5A3818'>Both Maine and
Oregon are on the forefront of adopting state legislative policies
dealing in telehealth. Both speakers were involved with
passing their state's telehealth statutes and will describe how their
state's approved telehealth private payer legislation. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:4.5pt'><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#5A3818'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:4.5pt'><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#5A3818'>Perry is
serving her fourth term in the Legislature. She the Chair of the
Committee on Health and Human Services. Perry is also a certified
family nurse practitioner, practicing in Calais, Maine. She is a
member of the Maine Advanced Practice Nurses Association, the Maine
State Nurses Association, the Substance Abuse Services Commission, and
the National Legislative Association of Prescription Drug Pricing, a
nonpartisan, nonprofit organization.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:4.5pt'><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#5A3818'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:4.5pt'><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#5A3818'>We are also
very excited to welcome Catherine Britain, an expert on
telehealth policies for Oregon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:4.5pt'><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#5A3818'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:4.5pt'><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#5A3818'>Britain's most
noteable work includes establishing the Telehealth Alliance of Oregon
(TAO), which later went on to help create and pass legisation
that would require health benefit plans to pay for services delivered
through the utilization of telemedicine technologies. <br>
<br>
Britain currently serves as the Associate Project Coordinator for the
Oregon Health Network Rural Health Care Pilot Program Project.
She is a board member for the Northwest Telehealth Resource Center
(NWTRC) and continues to consult as time permits. The NWTRC
is a co-sponsor of this Brown Bag Seminar. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:4.5pt'><u><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#5A3818'><a
href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102702532582&s=4441&e=001OfdmIWomobNuwVJanriv6wOo9o2i7_TwIo-8jt5oYt1XdP7XzKHmDqhQXXAAIBElCNXwdir_yNIAigCFeUR1JyTfczeoh3FkCdSiHRHKuGuT6eXsL4mKKBIpS2fdWY4zRVi15bWKpTrLMSFjxVD01A=="
target="_blank"><span style='color:#5A3818'>Click here</span></a></span></u><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#5A3818'>
to register.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#5A3818'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#5A3818'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:4.5pt'><strong><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#5A3818'>WHAT</span></strong><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#5A3818'>: The
July CTeL<em><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>
Washington Live!</span></em> Brown <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:4.5pt'><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#5A3818'> Brown
Bag Telehealth Seminar <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:4.5pt'><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#5A3818'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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September 21, 2009 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#5A3818'>: Webinar/or
in person at the offices of<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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and Reimbursement Addressed at August CTeL Brown Bag</span></strong><span
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in rural and underserved areas, ensuring access to necessary
rehabilitative services like speech therapy, audiology, and
occupational therapy can be challenging. One way in which practitioners
have attempted to make these therapies more accessible has been through
the use of telemedicine. Although there have been proven successes with
the use of these technologies, reimbursement policies throughout the
country are varied, often inadequate, and in some cases, nonexistent. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:4.5pt'><span style='font-size:
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at the center of the August CTeL Washington Live Brown Bag. Featuring
as speakers Janet Brown, Director of Health Care Services in Speech and
Language Pathology at the American Speech-Language Hearing Association
(ASHA); Dr. Jana Cason, Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy at
Spalding University in Louisville, Kentucky; and Christina Metzler,
Chief Public Affairs Officer at the American Occupational Therapy
Association (AOTA), the seminar brought to participants' attention the
need for coherent reimbursement policies for telerehabilitation
services.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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emergencies like stroke and child trauma, immediate medical response is
essential in saving lives. However, in rural and underserved
areas that lack specialty physicians, response time can be delayed,
ultimately putting the patient's health at risk. <br>
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However, because of the utilization of telemedicine technologies,
patients at suburban medical hospitals in Texas can now receive
specialty consultations from physicians in Austin. Instead of
having physicians "describe symptoms over the phone to
neurologists, physicians can wheel their patients in front of a
television monitor with a camera that allows a specialist to see the
patients."<br>
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