Telemedicine Costs for Health Savings Accounts Eased by Omnibus

Employers can resume covering telehealth for workers with health savings accounts before patients meet costly annual deductibles thanks to a provision in the omnibus spending bill approved by Congress.

Employer groups have called for lawmakers to extend and make permanent Covid-19 legislative provisions that expired at the end of 2021 that allowed them to provide coverage before annual deductibles are met for telehealth for workers with tax-advantaged health savings accounts.

Without the legislative changes, employers wouldn’t be able to provide telehealth coverage for high-deductible plans that are linked to health savings accounts, and employees would lose their eligibility to use ...