Fierce Healthcare May 17, 2024
The House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on health voted to pass a two-year Medicare telehealth extension on Thursday along with other legislation that expands reimbursement for health tech.
The sponsor of the telehealth extension bill, Rep. Buddy Carter (R-Georgia), told Fierce Healthcare he sees no obstacles to the telehealth extension passing the full committee, nor any significant issues for Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means to come to an agreement on a two-year telehealth extension. Carter already conceded to Ways and Means by reducing the scope of the bill from a permanent extension down to two years.
‘We’ve already changed [our bill] some in order to accommodate what we anticipate coming from [Ways and Means]. Primarily, you...
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