HILLARY’S VP CHOICE HAS A SOLID HEALTH TECH RECORD: As governor of Virginia, Tim Kaine helped build one of the country’s best statewide telemedicine networks. The UVa Center for Telehealth has 152 partners across the state who have provided more than 50,000 virtual visits in 60-plus specialties, reports David Pittman. As governor from 2006 to 2010, Kaine built telemedicine services with state money and funding from the FCC and the Health Resources and Services Administration. He successfully pushed for a law requiring insurers to reimburse use of the technology.
…. Two of Kaine’s cabinet members — Secretary of Technology Aneesh Chopra and Secretary of Health and Human Resources Marilyn Tavenner — became senior federal officials. Chopra was the country’s first chief technology officer, and Tavenner administered the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services from 2011 until 2015. “Kaine wanted to apply technology to solve public policy problems,” says Chopra, who told POLITICO’s Dan Diamond that “Kaine has been at the forefront” of modernizing health care to prepare the ground for value-based care.
In the Senate, which he joined in 2013, Kaine did not sit on the key Finance, HELP or Commerce committees but supported much of the tech industry agenda, as Pro’s Tony Romm reports. Like Hilary Clinton, he’s been a big supporter of science and technology education and training. For the full article click here
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