HealthLeaders Media November 14, 2025
In ending the federal shutdown, Congress has extended telehealth and Hospital at Home waivers until the end of January 2026. For some providers, it’s difficult to celebrate.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
– CMS waivers to improve access and coverage of telehealth services and the Acute Hospital Care at Home (AHCaH) program were launched in 2020, during the COVID pandemic, and have been extended several times.
– CIOs, CTOs and other telehealth leaders are struggling to plan long-term telehealth and Hospital at Home programs without knowing whether the waivers will continue.
– At Johns Hopkins Medicine, executives say they’ve come to rely on telehealth programs fortified by the waivers, and they feel that patients and providers will suffer if the waivers aren’t made...
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