Lexology July 18, 2025
On July 4, 2025, the president signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1) into law. Among many other healthcare provisions, the bill permanently extends the telehealth safe harbor for high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) for plan years beginning after December 31, 2024. The permanent telehealth safe harbor is a big win for telehealth providers, health plans, and participants, many of whom advocated for its reinstatement to provide telehealth services at low or no cost to HDHP participants. The telehealth HDHP safe harbor expands access to telehealth and other remote care services for millions of individuals and dependents who are covered by HDHPs, which are often the lowest cost and most popular of the coverage options that employer-sponsored group health...
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