<div dir="ltr"><img src="cid:ii_kjua9pbq0" alt="TAO Logo small.jpg" width="191" height="83" style="margin-right: 0px;"><br><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Here are the latest extensions for the PHE.</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">From the Center for Connected Health Policy (CCHP):</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"><span style="color:rgb(65,65,66);font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","Lucida Grande",sans-serif;background-color:rgb(245,243,242);font-size:16px"><strong><span style="color:rgb(41,87,128)">Public Health Emergency Renewed into April, Extending Telehealth Flexibilities</span></strong></span><br style="color:rgb(65,65,66);font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","Lucida Grande",sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(245,243,242)"><br style="color:rgb(65,65,66);font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","Lucida Grande",sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(245,243,242)"><span style="color:rgb(65,65,66);font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","Lucida Grande",sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(245,243,242)">The </span><a href="https://cchpca.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c9fa99b7520aedfca5c453103&id=a2ee290d80&e=537bebe328" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(60,114,164);font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","Lucida Grande",sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(245,243,242)">US Health and Human Services</a><span style="color:rgb(65,65,66);font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","Lucida Grande",sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(245,243,242)"> Department last week officially </span><a href="https://cchpca.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c9fa99b7520aedfca5c453103&id=6bd5a8e868&e=537bebe328" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(60,114,164);font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","Lucida Grande",sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(245,243,242)">renewed the public health emergency (PHE)</a><span style="color:rgb(65,65,66);font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","Lucida Grande",sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(245,243,242)">, a status that allows many of the waivers and expansions for telehealth that have occurred since the COVID-19 pandemic began in March 2020 to remain active.  The PHE was originally declared on January 27 and was previously renewed on Apr. 26, July 23, and Oct. 23.  The PHE declaration is effective for 90 days afterward unless it is declared over by the Secretary before then, or renewed before it expires.  The latest renewal, which occurred on Jan. 7, 2021 (but is effective on Jan. 21) now </span><span style="color:rgb(65,65,66);font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","Lucida Grande",sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,0)">lasts up until Apr. 21, 2021</span><span style="color:rgb(65,65,66);font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","Lucida Grande",sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(245,243,242)">.  Significant federal and state telehealth policy expansions are tied to the PHE declaration, including flexibilities for reimbursement in the Medicare program, as well as some telehealth expansions in Medicaid.  </span>  <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"> <br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">In Oregon:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><font face="verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size:large;color:inherit;background-color:rgb(241,241,241)">Governor Kate Brown Extends</font><span style="font-size:large;color:inherit;background-color:rgb(241,241,241);font-family:medium-content-title-font,Georgia,Cambria,"Times New Roman",Times,serif"> </span><font face="verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size:large;color:inherit;background-color:rgb(241,241,241)">COVID-19 State of Emergency for 60 Days</font></div><div id="gmail-ctl00_ctl33_g_d52232dc_a091_46cc_a99f_fcd419d986c6_ctl00_agencyLogo" class="gmail-or-newsroom-agency-branding" style="box-sizing:border-box"><div id="gmail-ctl00_ctl33_g_d52232dc_a091_46cc_a99f_fcd419d986c6_ctl00_agencyLogo" class="gmail-or-newsroom-agency-branding" style="box-sizing:border-box"><div class="gmail-articledate" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:20px 0px 0px 20px"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">December 17, 2020</font></div></div><hr style="background-color:rgb(241,241,241);box-sizing:content-box;height:0px;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;border-right:0px;border-bottom:0px;border-left:0px;border-top-style:solid;border-top-color:rgb(238,238,238)"><div id="gmail-ctl00_ctl33_g_d52232dc_a091_46cc_a99f_fcd419d986c6_ctl00_lblmainerror" style="background-color:rgb(241,241,241);box-sizing:border-box"></div><div id="gmail-ctl00_ctl33_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