Lexology December 24, 2024
Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman PC

On December 21, 2024, Congress passed the American Relief Act, 2025 (“Continuing Resolution”), which was signed into law over the weekend. While the Continuing Resolution contains numerous health care-related provisions, several will be of particular interest to those following the virtual care payment policy closely. The telehealth-specific provisions will:

  • Extend the pandemic-era Medicare telehealth flexibilities for three months, through March 31, 2025; and
  • Extend the Medicare Acute Hospital-at-Home flexibilities for three months, through March 31, 2025.

Extension of Medicare Telehealth Coverage Flexibilities

Medicare telehealth flexibilities were originally adopted in response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (“PHE”). The flexibilities were initially extended in March 2022 for a period of 151 days following the end of the PHE and...

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