NY Hep C Telemedicine Workgroup – Meeting Notes
Thursday December 17, 2020 (10 – 11 AM) via Webinar
In attendance at this meeting: See below notes
Next Meeting: Thursday, January 21 – 10:00AM
Workgroup Chair: Andrew Talal, MD, University at Buffalo, ahtalal@buffalo.edu
Telemedicine Policy Updates
Frank Winter – frank.winter@cms.hhs.gov
- New CMS regulations for calendar year (CY) 2021 include:
- Expanded coverage for take home Naloxone and Overdose Education by Opioid Treatment Programs
- Finalized payment for Emergency Departments starting Medication Assisted Treatment, and other important changes.
Telemedicine Workgroup Development
Ann Fronczek – fronczek@binghamton.edu
- Southern Tier Telehealth Network Funded by HRSA
- Developed Rural Telehealth Educational Consortium
- Match APRN students with Rural Health Sites
- Didactic and experiential training (660 hours of direct patient care)
Committee Projects
- Hep C Telemedicine Implementation During COVID – Study update
- Proposed Projects for 2021: Develop referral directory of hepatitis telemedicine providers throughout NYS. Consider methods for connecting patients in areas where little or no care exists to NYS Telehealth providers.
Resources
- Hep Free NYC Telehealth Resources
- Report from Natl Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine
- Opportunities to Improve Opioid Use Disorder and Infectious Disease Services: Integrating Responses to a Dual Epidemic. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. Found here.
- Addiction Technology Transfer Center Network Coordinating Office (NCO ATTC), in collaboration with SAMHSA
- Your Guide to Integrating HCV Services into Opioid Treatment Programs: Promising and Emerging Best Practices. Found here.
- Journal of Biomedical Informatics: A Framework for Patient-Centered Telemedicine: Application and Lessons Learned from Vulnerable Populations
- Article by Dr.Talal describing patient-centered telemedicine system among an OTP network throughout NYS. Found here.
- Hep C Telemedicine Implementation Guide for Substance Use Treatment Programs 2020
Attendance
- Alvin Chu, MA, MPH, START Treatment and Recovery Centers, achu@startny.org
- Andrew Talal, MD, SUNY Research Foundation, ahtalal@buffalo.edu
- Ann Fronczek, Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences, fronczek@binghamton.edu
- Arpan Dharia, SUNY, adharia@buffalo.edu
- Colleen Flanigan, RN, NYS DOH, colleen.flanigan@health.ny.gov
- Darlene Meyer, SUNY, dkmeyer@buffalo.edu
- Deborah Brown, Bureau of Hepatitis Health Care, NYSDOH, AIDS Institute, deborah.brown@health.ny.gov
- Debra Farron, Gilead Science, debra.farron@gilead.com
- Jeff Weiss, REACH, jeffrey.weiss@mountsinai.org
- Joy Cambe, Empire Liver Foundation, joycambe@empireliverfoundation.org
- Julia Hunter, julia.hunter@nyuhs.org
- Justine Waldman, Reach Medical, jwaldman@reachmed.org
- Kathleen Davis, University of Rochester Medical Center, Kathleen_davis@urmc.rochester.edu
- Katy Cook, AHI, kcook@ahihealth.org
- Kelly Ramsey, NYSOASAS, kelly.ramsey@oasas.ny.gov
- Marc Badura, SUNY, mbadura@buffalo.edu
- Marie Bresnahan, NYCDOHMH, mbresnahan@health.nyc.gov
- Marie Hardy, Mount Sinai, marie.hardy@mountsinai.org
- Meg Chappell, MPH, Empire Liver Foundation, megchapell@empireliverfoundation.org
- Nirah Johnson, LCSW, NYC DOHMH, njohnso2@health.nyc.gov
- Perla Romero, The Alliance for Positive Change, perla@alliance.com
- Sandeep Krishnan, MedTech, sandeep.krishnan@medtecintl.com
Last Updated on January 19, 2021 by HepFree NYC
