#2: Healthcare Innovation as a Matter of National Security

What you’ll get out of this episode

Healthcare Innovation attorneys Carrie Nixon and Rebecca Gwilt show the connection between National Security and Healthcare Innovation—and why this critical issue needs to be addressed:

When we aren't actively facilitating healthcare innovation, we put our national security at risk. Think about how long it took people to get a telehealth visit for chronic or acute conditions during the first months of the pandemic. If we can’t keep our people healthy, how secure are we?If telehealth reimbursement passed in 1997, why did it take until 2020 for the first nationwide, full-service telehealth provider to expand its medical services to include Medicare Part B coverage?Regulations that protect patient safety are important, but need to facilitate innovation. We’ll talk about a few resources for this, as well as how far we still have to go.

Quotables

“National Security means safekeeping of the nation as a whole. This includes protecting the health of our people. When we aren't actively facilitating healthcare innovation, we put our national security at risk.” -- Carrie Nixon

“We CANNOT allow the regulatory landscape to stifle innovation.” -- Carrie Nixon on healthcare innovation and national security

Recommended Resources

The FDA’s Digital Health Center of Excellence, which aims to facilitate partnerships to accelerate digital health advancements, share best practices, and provide oversight in a less burdensome, efficient way. Still, there is no explicit coordination with CMS, the agency that connects reimbursement to these innovations.Doctor On Demand, a San Francisco, CA-based virtual care provider, announced it is the first nationwide, full-service telehealth provider to expand its medical services to include Medicare Part B coverage.

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About Your Hosts

Carrie Nixon and Rebecca Gwilt are partners at Nixon Gwilt Law, a healthcare innovation law firm exclusively serving Providers, Digital Health Companies, and Life Science Businesses seeking to transform the way we receive and experience healthcare. Find out more at NixonGwiltLaw.com.

This podcast is produced by Slice of Healthcare LLC.