$200 Million COVID-19 Telehealth Program From FCC as Part of CARES Act

UPDATE: On April 2nd (See News Release), the FCC Adopted the $200 Million COVID-19 Telehealth Program and adopted the final rules for the Connected Care Pilot Program.

UPDATE 2: The FCC as issued guidance on the application process for this $200 million in telehealth funding.

UPDATE 3: Applications for the FCC COVID-19 Telehealth Program mentioned in this article will be accepted Monday, April 13, 2020 at 12:00 PM ET at the following link: www.fcc.gov/covid19telehealth. An explainer video will be posted at that link on Monday. Questions specific to the application process should be directed to EmergencyTelehealthSupport@fcc.gov.

UPDATE 4: Just 3 days after applications opened, the FCC has approved the first set of COVID-19 Telehealth funds totaling $3.23 Million.  This is part of the $200 million CARES Act Telehealth funding. See the announcement and healthcare providers that received the funding.