Lexology March 21, 2025
BakerHostetler

Key takeaways:

  • Medicare telehealth flexibilities originally set to expire on March 31, have been extended for an additional six months.
  • Unless Congress acts again on this issue, Medicare’s geographic restrictions for originating sites will resume on Oct. 1.

As outlined in our prior client alert, the healthcare industry can breathe a temporary sigh of relief as Congress has once again acted to extend for an additional six months the Medicare telehealth flexibilities implemented at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, which were slated to expire on March 31. Without this extension, telehealth would only have been reimbursable under Medicare in a very restrictive manner for those patients located in a rural area or an area with a health...

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