HealthLeaders Media November 25, 2025
The news comes as CMS reaffirms reimbursement during the shutdown and reverses a much-criticized policy on listing the provider’s home as a telehealth site.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
– CMS will reimburse providers for telehealth visits to Medicare beneficiaries during the federal shutdown, which took place from October 1 to November 13.
– A new study, meanwhile, finds that those visits plunged by 13% to 40% during the shutdown.
– CMS will also allow providers to list their physical practice location as their telehealth site, reversing an earlier ruling that they must list their home address when using virtual care at home to treat patients.
While healthcare leaders are awaiting long-term clarity on telehealth policy, they’re at least getting a little bit...
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