16 Aug Telemedicine Regulatory Issues: Licensing, Standards of Practice, Billing, and Reimbursement
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Description
Telemedicine and remote monitoring technologies bring new opportunities, along with new considerations for medical licensing, patient care, and insurance billing. Attend this session to learn more about the legal and billing ramifications of telemedicine.
The Telemedicine 2.0 series offers inter-disciplinary insights into telemedicine practice and development of its supporting technologies with consideration for the associated regulatory, data security, and patient privacy issues. This free online series will be hosted in six parts (one pre-recorded and five live sessions) in September and October. One registration will give you access to the all of the sessions.
Series Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to:
- Identify opportunities to improve remote patient care
- Identify security and privacy risks associated with telemedicine technologies
- Mitigate introduction of disparities in access to clinical care
Sessions
- Telemedicine 2.0: How Is It Relevant to Me? (Pre-recorded video posted by 09.11.24)
- Telehealth Then and Now (09.25.24, 9–10am PDT)
- Telemedicine Regulatory Issues: Licensing, Standards of Practice, Billing, and Reimbursement (10.01.24, 3–4pm PDT)
- Protecting Privacy and Maintaining Security in Telemedicine (10.08.24, 3–4pm PDT)
- The Entrepreneur’s Perspective on Telemedicine Technology and Tools Development (10.15.24, 3–4pm PDT)
- Digital Inclusion and Access to Care by Telemedicine (10.24.24, 10–11am PDT)
About the Speaker
Cindy Jacobs, RN, JD, brings over 30 years of combined legal and health care experience to her role as a regulatory consultant with the ITHS Technology Development Center. As a registered nurse before attending law school, she focused on the clinical specialty of neonatology, including 3 years in an advanced practice role. As an attorney, she has represented and advised health care clients regarding a variety of issues, including telemedicine and other health care technologies, FDA law, HIPAA, reimbursement and related compliance, health care contracting, risk management/professional liability, scope of practice/licensing, informed consent, and product liability. Cindy’s UW roles have included Assistant Attorney General in the UW Attorney General’s Office, Director of Clinical Risk Management for UW Medical Center, and Director of Clinical Projects for the UW School of Medicine. She also continues to teach FDA Law at UW School of Law, which she has done since 2010, along with periodic law student seminars on telemedicine and healthcare clinical compliance. She is a member of the ITHS Drug and Device Advisory Committee.
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