Becker's Healthcare September 5, 2025
A bipartisan bill in the U.S. House would permanently extend Medicare telehealth flexibilities that are set to expire Sept. 30.
The Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies for Health Act of 2025, also called H.R. 4206, was introduced by Reps. Mike Thompson, D-Calif., David Schweikert, R-Ariz., Doris Matsui, D-Calif., and Troy Balderson, R-Ohio, according to a Sept. 4 news release from the American Medical Association. The measure would eliminate geographic restrictions, permit patients to access telehealth services wherever internet is available and remove the in-person requirement for telemental health care. Its Senate companion bill has 63 co-sponsors.
Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health said telehealth saves its largely rural patients an average of 176 miles per...
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