Politico June 30, 2021
Ben Leonard

Lawmakers are lining up to decide what Medicare will pay for after the pandemic is over, with sponsors of a leading Senate plan confident they have the votes to include it in a must-pass piece of legislation this year.

Congress appears poised to let millions of Medicare recipients continue to video chat with their doctors after the pandemic is over.

A set of telemedicine policies the Trump administration adopted during lockdowns is emerging as an unexpected bipartisan rallying point as lawmakers begin to weigh life after Covid-19. The coverage policies are due to lapse once the health emergency ends, which could limit telehealth payments to rural providers and doctors with existing relationships with patients.

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Topics: CMS, Congress / White House, Digital Health, Govt Agencies, Health IT, Patient / Consumer, Provider, Regulations, Technology, Telehealth
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