Becker's Healthcare June 16, 2025
Rylee Wilson

Federal lawmakers have reintroduced legislation to permanently remove requirements for Medicare beneficiaries receiving mental healthcare to visit their provider in-person every six months.

Reps. Doris Matsui, D-Calif., and Troy Balderson, R-Ohio, and Sens. Tina Smith, D.-Minn., and Bill Cassidy, MD, R-La., reintroduced the “Telemental Health Care Access Act” June 10, according to a news release from Ms. Matsui’s office.

Here are five things to know:

  1. Flexibilities for removing in-person provider visitation requirements for Medicare reimbursement for behavioral healthcare were introduced at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
  2. Congress has extended the...

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Topics: Congress / White House, Digital Health, Govt Agencies, Mental Health, Provider, Technology, Telehealth
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