FCC Hands Out More Telehealth Funding

By John Eggerton
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The FCC has approved its fifth round of telehealth funding per a $200 million congressional allocation for a COVID-19-related program.

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The additional $11.19 million for 26 programs brings the total to $24.9 million to date for 56 telehealth providers in 23 states.

The money is going to both rural and urban areas. 

Among the latest funding awards were for mental health and dental services in California, connected devices in Vermont, and pediatric patient monitoring in New York. 

The FCC is approving the applications on a rolling basis, rather than waiting until they are all in to prioritize them. 

The FCC began accepting applications April 13.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.