Lawmakers Push for Telehealth Waiver Extension Before Expiration

Lawmakers and community advocates are pushing for permanent extensions of expiring telehealth provisions to protect the continuity of care for patients who came to rely on intensive telehealth services expanded during the Covid-19 pandemic.

A bipartisan coalition of lawmakers, doctors, telehealth patients, and executives at a House Ways and Means Committee hearing Tuesday recommended legislation to address a slew of telehealth waivers that will phase out at the end of the year if Congress fails to take action.

The flexibilities include provisions that address the scope of Medicare reimbursement to telemedicine providers and telehealth access for patients from rural and ...