Mar 28, 2025
Telehealth Policy Update, Funding Opportunities, and more OAT announcements!
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Office for the Advancement of Telehealth
Announcements
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Recent legislation authorized an extension of many of the Medicare telehealth flexibilities. This includes:
- Waiving geographic and originating site requirements through September 30, 2025.
- Allowing eligible practitioners to furnish telehealth services through September 30, 2025.
- Allowing Federally Qualified Health Centers and Rural Health Clinics to serve as distant site providers through September 30, 2025.
- Delaying in-person requirements for tele-mental health services through September 30, 2025.
- Allowing audio-only telehealth through September 30, 2025.
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Funding Opportunity: Regional Telehealth Resource Center Program and National Telehealth Resource Center Program
HRSA is accepting applications for the Regional Telehealth Resource Center (RTRC) Program and the National Telehealth Resource Center (NTRC) Program for a four-year period of performance (September 1, 2025, to August 31, 2029). HRSA will make up to 12 RTRC Program awards and up to two NTRC Program awards to provide expert and customized telehealth technical assistance across the country. Applications are due April 14, 2025.
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Funding Opportunity: Telehealth Rapid Response Center and the Telehealth Research Center
HRSA is accepting applications for the Telehealth Rapid Response Center and the Telehealth Research Center for a five-year period of performance (September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2030). HRSA will make one Telehealth Rapid Response Center award and one Telehealth Research Center award to expand the evidence base and inform policy and programs for telehealth services in underserved populations in the United States. Applications are due April 15, 2025.
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Telehealth during National Nutrition Month
Telehealth can be a useful tool for managing nutrition. This National Nutrition Month, learn how to build a telehealth workflow to help your patients stay on top of their nutrition care.
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Telehealth and Cancer Care Best Practice Guide
Each year, 150,000 Americans are diagnosed with—and 50,000 die from—colorectal cancer, making it the leading cause of cancer death among Americans aged 18 to 49. This Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, learn how to integrate telehealth as part of your cancer care programs.
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Patient Resource: Using Telehealth for Cancer Care
Telehealth can help people with cancer get care they need. Share this resource with patients so they can learn about telehealth for cancer care, the benefits, how to use it, and more.
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