Maine
Questions about policy or reimbursement? Contact us, we can help.
Maine Telehealth Office Hours are being held on the first Thursday of every other month to help based clinicians ask questions and expand telehealth services across the state. March 3, 2022 will be the next Office Hours event.
We look forward to speaking with you! Contact netrc@mcdph.org for more information about joining these office hours.
The Maine Based office hours are a collaborative effort, hosted by:
- The Northeast Telehealth Resource Center (NETRC)
- Maine Department of Health and Human Services (Maine DHHS)
Telehealth Office Hours - 12pm - 1pm the first Thursday of every other month
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Regional News
Senators Want to Make Pandemic Telehealth Changes Permanent
USNews May 19, 2021
Maine Home Health Program Uses Telehealth, RPM to Combat Loneliness
mHealthIntelligence May 17, 2021
CARES Act grant to expand telehealth services for seniors in Maine
mHealth Intelligence, October 20, 2020
USDA awards nearly $1 million to MaineHealth
Courier Gazette and Camden Herald, October 8, 2020
Medicine's new virtual reality: Telehealth is poised for further growth in Maine
MaineBiz, September 21, 2020
Initiatives in central, eastern Maine aim to help people in recovery access telehealth
News Center Maine, August 27, 2020
Maine health system embraces telehealth, but looks for policy clarity
Healthcare IT News, August 24, 2020
Telehealth after dark: Health systems can relieve clinician workload through nighttime virtual care
Healthcare IT News, August 13, 2020
Telehealth is 'the best tool' in the healthcare toolbox for FQHCs
mHealth Intelligence, July 21, 2020
AMHC Successfully Uses Telemedicine during COVID-19
WAGM-TV (Presque Isle, ME), June 17, 2020
Maine's TeleWOW Program uses telehealth to take on childhood obesity
mHealth Intelligence, September 13, 2019
Maine's telehealth hopes need broadband to become reality
Portland Press Herald & Governement IT News, July 29, 2019
Maine Approves Telehealth Coverage Parity, Embraces RPM Programs
mHealth Intelligence, June 18, 2019
MaineHealth Looks to Create a Blueprint for Telehealth Success
mHealth Intelligence, June 17, 2019
Local Patients receive benefits of telemedicine (Bangor, ME)
WABI 5, May 24, 2019
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