HealthLeaders Media December 27, 2024
The stopgap budget bill gave key telehealth and Hospital at Home waivers a three-month reprieve. Supporters now have to convince a fractured Congress and new Administration that these waivers are crucial enough to be made permanent.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
– Several pandemic-era waivers on use of and reimbursement for telehealth services and the Hospital at Home program have been extended another three months.
– Those waivers have been continued several times, and federal officials are less inclined to continue those extensions any longer.
– Telehealth and digital health advocates need to convince Congress and the Trump Administration that telehealth and the Hospital at Home strategy are valuable enough to be supported with permanent coverage.
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