Lexology March 30, 2021
As previously covered, over the past year the telehealth landscape has been a patchwork of temporary waivers and regulations, expanding access during the COVID-19 pandemic but leaving providers and patients uncertain about whether the positive coverage and reimbursement changes and relaxation of pre-pandemic restrictions would continue in the future. Many of the waivers on the national and state level are still tied to the federally declared public health emergency (PHE), which the Biden administration has indicated is likely to extend through the end of 2021. In recent weeks though, we have seen a number of state actions making permanent changes to expand access to telehealth. The following examples suggest a positive trend towards making telehealth an integral part of the...