Healthcare DIVE March 3, 2021
Dive Brief:
- Congressional support for permanently expanding access to telehealth seems to be rising, though thorny questions persist around payment, timing and which flexibilities should be retained after the COVID-19 public health emergency expires.
- In a House subcommittee panel on telehealth Tuesday, lawmakers on both side of the aisle were supportive of the modality, especially nixing originating site and geographic requirements to coverage that made it difficult to use telemedicine widely, and allowing traditional Medicare to reimburse broadly for the service.
- “It’s time to make Medicare reimbursement for telehealth permanent,” Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., said.
Dive Insight:
The pandemic necessitated almost overnight adoption of telehealth, previously a niche delivery mode.
As COVID-19 cases started climbing, the...
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