McKnight’s Senior Living June 23, 2023
Aaron Dorman

A majority of Senators in Congress are working to implement permanent telehealth services access through Medicare.

Sixty Senators, including six bipartisan sponsors, recently reintroduced the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies Act (CONNECT) for Health Act of 2023.

Currently, telehealth services through Medicare are set to expire after 2024. The CONNECT for Health bill will permanently extend services. Significant provisions in the bill include removing geographic restrictions on telehealth services, allowing more health care professionals to utilize the services, removing certain in-person visit requirements, and allowing for a waiver of telehealth restrictions during public health emergencies.

A version of the bill was last introduced in 2021, and provisions were part of the final legislative package approved at...

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Topics: Congress / White House, Digital Health, Govt Agencies, Patient / Consumer, Provider, Regulations, Technology, Telehealth
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