With another batch of 67 approvals, the FCC has now given out over half the $200 million in telehealth broadband funding allocated in the CARES Act COVID-19 aid bill.
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The additional $20.18 million for the 67 projects brings the total to $104.98 million for 305 health care providers in 42 states and Washington, D.C. That includes over 100 mental and behavioral health care providers.
The money is going to laptop computers, smart phones, videoconferencing equipment, broadband service, software and more.
"[W]e are already seeing the program’s positive impact on the health and wellness of our communities," said FCC Chairman Ajit Pai. "To give just one example, the program is enabling the UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh to remotely monitor children who have received organ transplants and are thus immunocompromised."
