<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Greetings,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">The 2 yr budget package recently passed by Congress and signed by President Trump contained several provisions that will loosen Medicare restrictions on telehealth. Here is an excellent summary of those provisions:<a href="https://mhealthintelligence.com/news/telehealth-telemedicine-reimbursement-score-big-in-new-budget-deal"> https://mhealthintelligence.com/news/telehealth-telemedicine-reimbursement-score-big-in-new-budget-deal</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">If you want to know more about Medicare reimbursement provisions for telehealth, plan on attending the <i>Getting Paid for Telehealth </i>workshop at TAO's 2018 Annual Meeting and Summit on April 5th and 6th in Portland. For more information check out the Summit webpage at:</div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.ortelehealth.org/content/2018-summit">http://www.ortelehealth.org/content/2018-summit</a></font><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">See you at the Summit!
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<div>Telehealth Alliance of Oregon</div><div><a href="mailto:csbritain@gmail.com" target="_blank">csbritain@gmail.com</a><br>541-910-7366</div>
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