Updated Story Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-NY) on Thursday (April 17) is set to circulate a discharge petition that would bring directly to the House floor a bipartisan bill to pump $7 billion to extend the Affordable Connectivity Program, which is crucial for expanding access to telehealth, according to a House staffer. Before the petition’s release, Clarke’s office is working behind the scenes with potential signees and is coordinating with Sen. Peter Welch (D-VT) to build bipartisan support...

The Federal Trade Commission on Monday (April 15) issued the first-of-its-kind prohibition that bans the tele-mental health company Cerebral from using any health information for most advertising purposes for failing to protect sensitive health information. The company will also be required to pay more than $7 million over charges that it disclosed consumers’ sensitive personal health information to third parties for advertising services. Cerebral provided sensitive information of nearly 3.2 million consumers to third parties such as LinkedIn, Snapchat and...

Litigation is increasing over hospitals and providers sharing user information collected on their websites with a class action suit filed Wednesday and hospitals telling a federal court Thursday they will continue a separate lawsuit, coming as JAMA Network finds the practice is widespread. A class action lawsuit filed Wednesday (April 10) in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois alleges an Illinois provider shared online tracking data. The suit says plaintiffs thought they were communicating exclusively with...