MedPage Today November 15, 2023
— “We have proved the concept,” says Sen. Steve Daines
It’s the rare Senate hearing when the only disagreements occur not between senators, but between panelists themselves.
Yet that’s what happened at Tuesday’s Senate Finance Healthcare Subcommittee hearing on making particular telehealth rules permanent for the Medicare program.
The senators present all agreed on one thing: the current flexible rules for telehealth — such as paying for audio-only telehealth visits — should be made permanent for Medicare beneficiaries.
“If you’re investing in a health facility, you need to have the predictability to know that these services are going to be able to be continued well before the expiration date,” said subcommittee chairman Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.). Many of the flexibilities...
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