Fierce Healthcare May 7, 2024
The House Committee on Ways and Means Monday night unveiled a first-of-its-kind piece of telehealth extension legislation to preserve Medicare telehealth flexibilities for two years.
Telehealth lobbyists told Fierce Healthcare on the sidelines of the American Telemedicine Association annual conference in Phoenix this week that they are happy with the extension, though they prefer telehealth permanency.
The House Energy and Commerce Committee will likely follow suit in the next week, a source said, further entrenching the battle between the two committees to get a telehealth extension through the House.
The Ways and Means legislation introduced by Rep. David Schweikert, R-Arizona, the Preserving Telehealth, Hospital and Ambulance Access Act, extends Medicare telehealth flexibilities such as allowing telehealth visits...
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