Welcome solo and group practice owners! We are Liath Dalton and Roy Huggins, your co-hosts of Person Centered Tech.

In our latest episode, we’re ready to fight against the cheapening of telehealth, and we’re asking you to join us.  

We discuss companies like Talkspace and BetterHelp, insurance providers, why group practice owners are concerned about these platforms, the shortage of therapists, making therapy cheap, impacts to quality of care, companies trying to scale mental health treatment, constructive ways to take action, reasons why therapists choose to work with these platforms, the need for accessible clinically effective teletherapy, celebrity spokespeople, business models vs evidence-based practice, how group practices can compete, telehealth parity, and advocating as a group. 

Listen here: https://personcenteredtech.com/group/podcast/

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Resources: 

"New Senate Bill Seeks To Continue COVID-19 Telehealth Coverage" from Healthcare IT News  

"A new bill before Congress would make permanent several emergency telehealth measures put in place to expand access and coverage during the COVID-19 public health emergency"

"Providers face a magnetic pull toward in-person care, says ATA board chair" from Healthcare IT News

"American Telemedicine Association Board Chair Dr. Joseph Kvedar called on clinicians, suppliers, payers and patients to play their part in fighting for long-term telehealth access."

"House reps seek to permanently safeguard audio-only telehealth coverage" from Healthcare IT News

"A bipartisan bill introduced this week would allow providers to offer audio-only telemedicine services to Medicare enrollees."

"Texas Lawmakers OK Telehealth Expansion for Medicaid, Public Health Plans" 

"The bill is one of dozens across the country – including several in Texas – that aim to expand telehealth access and coverage past the pandemic. A few states have chosen to extend emergency provisions for a while in hopes of seeing Congress set federal telehealth policy, but others are pushing ahead with their own laws, creating pockets of permanence around the country."

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