Congress Faces Year-End Deadline to Extend Medicare Telehealth Flexibilities

by David Raths for healthcare innovation on September 24, 2024

Telehealth Modernization Act would also extend Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver flexibilities.

A trade association focused on telehealth advocacy continues to support efforts in Congress to extend many of the Medicare telehealth flexibilities enacted during the pandemic that are due to expire on Dec. 31, 2024. These include the Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver flexibilities and the ability to prescribe clinically appropriate controlled substances remotely. Here..

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