Congress looks set to extend telehealth and hospital-at-home flexibilities
Healthcare IT News December 18, 2024
The bipartisan continuing resolution announced on Monday offers “big wins” for virtual care, and the American Telemedicine Association and other healthcare groups are pleased.
After months and months (and months) of increasingly vocal and impassioned lobbying efforts, its appears that Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill have agreed – but not yet voted – on a stopgap year-end continuing resolution that will include key extensions several policies related to telehealth and at-home care.
A vote on the appropriations bill, which contains numerous Medicare and Medicaid provisions that have been long sought-after by healthcare and health IT organizations, is expected to take place this week.
Among the telehealth and remote patient monitoring provisions contained in the CR:
A two-year...