Healthcare Finance News May 10, 2024
The legislation is aimed at supporting healthcare access for rural areas.
The House Ways and Means Committee has passed telehealth legislation to preserve flexibilities for virtual care introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Preserving Telehealth, Hospital, and Ambulance Access Act (H.R. 8261), introduced by Rep. David Schweikert, R-Ariz., and Rep. Mike Thompson, D-Calif., expands Medicare telehealth for two years, hospital-at-home flexibilities for five years and Medicare supplemental payments for rural hospitals and ambulance services.
WHY THIS MATTERS
During the pandemic, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services allowed certain flexibilities for the delivery of care. When the public health emergency ended in May 2023, many of these flexibilities ended, but CMS extended the waivers for telehealth, virtual care and hospital...
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