Healthcare IT News March 19, 2025
While healthcare organizations applaud lawmakers’ support for extending flexibilities in FY25 stopgap legislation, they still have concerns about long-term certainty for virtual care.
With recent stopgap legislation, Congress once again extended Medicare Telehealth Flexibilities, from March 31 through the end of September. However, the shortened duration of this latest extension is a red flag, say some healthcare organizations.
WHY IT MATTERS
The FY2025 Continuing Resolution passed earlier this month prevented a federal government shutdown and offered telehealth extensions for Medicare patients for another six months.
“We have avoided a shutdown for telehealth services,” Kyle Zebley, executive director of the American Telemedicine Association and ATA Action, said in a statement March 15. “This is a big victory for telehealth, and a...
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