Senior Housing News October 1, 2025
Medicare telehealth waivers expired on Sept. 30, turning back the clock on operators that use such services to remotely connect residents to care providers.
In 2020, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) created flexibilities for Medicare beneficiaries to access telehealth services. Under the move, CMS reimbursed clinicians providing telehealth services for beneficiaries who live across the country. Before the rule, that flexibility was only set aside for older adults living in certain areas, such as rural locales; or people living with specific chronic conditions.
Almost half of Medicare beneficiaries used the service in 2020 as the Covid-19 pandemic forced people into their homes and into social distancing routines, according to CMS data. In the years since, many...
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