mHealth Intelligence November 16, 2023
In a Senate subcommittee hearing, healthcare stakeholders doubled down on the critical need to make permanent pandemic-era telehealth flexibilities.
Earlier this week, a United States Senate subcommittee heard testimonials from a group of healthcare leaders on the importance of making permanent regulatory flexibilities supporting expanded telehealth access, setting the stage for highly anticipated telehealth policy updates in 2024.
Conducted on November 14, the hearing was convened by the Senate Committee on Finance’s Subcommittee on Health Care. Sens. Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD) and Ron Wyden (D-OR), chairs of the subcommittee, and Steve Daines (R-MT) and Mike Crapo (R-ID), ranking members of the subcommittee, attended the hearing, among others.
Kicking off the hearing, Cardin stated that both healthcare providers and patients need...