Becker's Healthcare November 7, 2024
Giles Bruce

Hospital-at-home and telehealth reimbursement from CMS will expire at the end of 2024 without congressional action.

Here are five things to know:

1. CMS allowed flexibility for hospitals and health systems to provide acute hospital care at home and additional telehealth services during the pandemic. The rules were since extended but expire Dec. 31.

2. The lame-duck Congress will have to act or the programs will go away. A bill to provide an extension unanimously passed a House committee Sept. 18.

3. “It is our sincere hope that Congressional leaders on both sides of the aisle act swiftly to advance a bill extending telehealth flexibilities and get it to President...

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Topics: CMS, Congress / White House, Digital Health, Govt Agencies, Health System / Hospital, Home, Patient / Consumer, Provider, Technology, Telehealth
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