Hospital recovery at risk if Congress doesn’t extend telehealth, Fitch Ratings says

Chief Healthcare Executive November 22, 2024
Ron Southwick

Federal waivers for telehealth programs, including hospital-at-home programs, are slated to expire Dec. 31. Fitch says failing to extend home hospital programs would be a financial blow to nonprofit hospitals.

With just a little more than a month before federal waivers for telehealth programs expire, healthcare advocates are getting increasingly antsy for Congress to act.

The government eased restrictions on telehealth programs through the COVID-19 pandemic, but those waivers expire at the end of the year. Lawmakers in both parties and the Biden administration have shown support for telehealth programs, but health and medical trade groups are pressing with greater urgency as the year rapidly comes to a close.

Those waivers don’t just cover patients seeing doctors and other providers...

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