Cara Smith
Reporter at Inside Health Policy
made in nj | she/her | health tech managing editor @inhealthpolicy | opinions my own | formerly: @qctimes, @dispatch_argus
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1 week ago |
insidehealthpolicy.com | Cara Smith
Health technology stakeholders are sounding the alarm that the proposed hundreds of billion-dollar cuts to Medicaid in the draft Senate reconciliation bill would likely shutter some telehealth and health technology programs that underserved and rural patients rely on to maintain access to care.
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1 week ago |
insidehealthpolicy.com | Cara Smith
Consumer advocates, health privacy and mental health stakeholders are urging the Trump administration and state legislators to regulate artificial intelligence-powered chatbots that pose as licensed psychologists after programs allegedly convinced minors to commit suicide and harm themselves and others.
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2 weeks ago |
insidehealthpolicy.com | Cara Smith
An interstate telehealth case that stakeholders were closely watching as a potential barometer on how other states might act was dismissed by a federal judge in New Jersey who punted to state lawmakers whether providers must be licensed in the state where their patients reside.
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2 weeks ago |
insidehealthpolicy.com | Cara Smith
A group of lawmakers on Tuesday (June 10) said telehealth remains a top bipartisan priority despite not being included in the reconciliation package and an extension of expiring Medicare flexibilities will likely be advanced in a standalone bill or health care package similar to the one that was shot down late last year by then President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk.
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2 weeks ago |
insidehealthpolicy.com | Cara Smith
Four Democrat-led states -- Massachusetts, California, New Jersey and New York -- sent a citizen petition to FDA last week urging the agency to remove all Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) restrictions on mifepristone in order to boost telehealth access to medication abortion, coming as HHS officials are seemingly poised to reimplement in-person restrictions that were lifted during the Biden administration.
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HHS Secretary RFK today told House lawmakers he expects to reinstitute warnings on mifepristone labels and potentially require in-person prescribing pending a review by FDA https://t.co/C5ICsSZTGg
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