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A delegation from the Department of Health and...

A delegation from the Department of Health and Human Services met with FCC Wireline Bureau officials in late September to discuss how its health grants are awarded and administered, said an ex parte filing posted Thursday (http://bit.ly/1bGjwp8). Office of Advancement…

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of Telehealth grant applications are reviewed by an “objective review committee” and winning applicants are selected in coordination with a separate division at the Health Resources and Services Administration at HHS, said the filing, written by the deputy chief of the FCC’s Telecommunications Access Policy Division. HHS representatives also discussed the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Pilot Program, which decides which patients to accept at their facilities, and gets its revenue from Medicaid, Medicare and private payers. SNFs are not eligible for “meaningful use” incentive payments for adoption of electronic health records, the filing said.