ATA urges CMS to boost telehealth, and get guidance issued ASAP
Healthcare IT News August 29, 2024
With just 125 days on the clock, the group is asking the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to extend telehealth flexibilities in the 2025 Physician Fee Schedule – and wants the White House and Congress to make it permanent.
The American Telemedicine Association and ATA Action, in a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, seeks to preserve pandemic-era Medicare telehealth flexibilities that it says are responsible for improving access to healthcare across the U.S.
Telehealth plays “a crucial role in ensuring timely, appropriate and expanded access to care for millions of Americans,” the organizations said in a statement Wednesday, and...