HealthLeaders Media December 22, 2022
A bill before Congress would, if passed, continue COVID-era Medicare telehealth waivers until the end of 2024, while also extending the CMS Acute Hospital Care at Home program for two years.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
– The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services passed a series of waivers during the pandemic to expand access to and coverage of telehealth, with those waivers set to expire at the end of the Public Health Emergency.
– CMS also used a waiver to expand the reach of its Acute Hospital Care at Home program, which enables health systems to care for acute patients at home through a combination of telehealth, remote patient monitoring and in-person home care.
– An omnibus spending bill now before Congress...
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