Policy and Legislation
The intent is to provide financial and professional support to physicians, faculty, dentists, nurses and students as they pursue health careers.
It will be up to health plans and manufacturers to create the VBP arrangements.
Of the 31 changes federal policymakers have enacted so far to ease access to virtual care, senators wondered: How many should be made permanent?
The projection is based on the current efforts of HHS' Operation Warp Speed, which is pushing for 300 million doses by next flu season.
Providers say patient reluctance to disclose their identities could present problems on both an individual and population-wide level.
The decision is separate from an HHS OCR final rule that ends nondiscrimination practices based on gender identity.
In 2016, the Obama administration redefined sex discrimination to include termination of pregnancy and gender identity.
HHS is working on an additional allocation to distribute relief broadly to dentists.
Among the recommendations are optimizing telehealth capability, conserving PPE and having a plan for disinfecting clinical spaces.
The resolution was spurred by a 73-year-old with aphasia who was denied access to support persons, prompting state action.