FCC Got Hundreds of Telehealth COVID-19 Requests
The FCC has received hundreds of applications for telehealth COVID-19 projects, estimated Commissioner Brendan Carr. He noted his estimate is based on his sense of the volume of applications, and he didn’t have exact figures. Agency staff is working on…
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the issue and “knocking those out quickly,“ he said in response to our question following commissioners' Thursday meeting. He noted that about 18 such applications have been approved, and such requests have come from areas hard hit by the pandemic. Carr cited New York, Michigan and New Orleans. He's the commission's point person on telehealth. The agency indeed "received hundreds of applications" as of Thursday, a spokesperson emailed us. He said the Wireline Bureau has awarded $9.5 million to 17 healthcare providers (see 2004230028).