FCC Staff OKs $42.7M More for COVID-19 Telehealth Program

The FCC Wireline Bureau approved an additional $42.7 million for round two of the COVID-19 telehealth program, bringing the total to $208 million so far, said a public notice Tuesday in docket 20-89 (see 2111090074). The additional funding will support 68 healthcare providers to, among other things, treat COVID-19 patients, high-risk patients, and rural and low-income patients, and to provide behavioral health services.