Healthcare IT News December 22, 2022
Mike Miliard

But “hard work continues, as we persist in pressing telehealth permanency and creating a lasting roadblock to the telehealth cliff,” the group said.

The American Telemedicine Association this week cheered the bipartisan omnibus appropriations bill from both houses of Congress for including a two-year extension for Medicare telehealth flexibilities that have been in place since the COVID-19 public health emergency was declared in 2020.

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The telehealth group’s ATA Action affiliate also thanked leaders from both parties on Capitol Hill for the fact that the package also included provisions delaying the Medicare telemental health in-person requirement for two years.

“Congressional telehealth champions on both sides of the aisle came through for the American people and for ATA and ATA...

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