Medical Economics September 30, 2025
Key Takeaways
- Telehealth flexibilities, expanded during COVID-19, face expiration, prompting ATA to urge Congress for extensions or permanence, especially for Medicare.
- ATA Action seeks reimbursement assurances for telemedicine services during potential government shutdowns, emphasizing patient access and provider stability.
- Proposed enhancements to the 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule include expanding digital health codes and facilitating virtual diagnostic testing.
- ATA endorses the Telehealth Modernization Act and other bills to extend telehealth flexibilities and support programs like Acute Hospital Care at Home.
Advocates say federal deadline, disagreement leave doctors, patients ‘dangling on the telehealth cliff.’
Telehealth advocates are watching the clock, Congress and the White House to see what effects a government shutdown could have on providing and receiving medicine...
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