Medicare Telehealth: Actions Needed To Strengthen Oversight & Help Providers Educate Patients On Privacy & Security Risks

On September 29, 2022, the U.S. Government Accountability Office published this report on Medicare Telehealth, and actions needed to strengthen oversight and help provider organizations educate consumers on privacy and security risks. This report describes, among other issues:

The utilization of telehealth services
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) efforts to identify and monitor risks posed by Medicare telehealth waivers
A change Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS’s) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) made to its enforcement of regulations governing patients’ protected health information during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) public health emergency . . .