HealthLeaders Media May 17, 2024
Marie DeFreitas

Telehealth may be here to stay.

The COVID-19 pandemic brought about several CMS waivers that aimed to expand telehealth access and coverage. Now we’re seeing those waivers that were set to expire at the end of 2024, extended.

The House Ways and Means Committee has voted to advance the Preserving Telehealth, Hospital and Ambulance Access Act (HR 8261) which would continue pandemic-era CMS Medicare waivers for telehealth access and coverage through 2026. It would also extend the CMS Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver for an additional five...

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