The House Energy and Commerce Committee held a hearing this month to discuss extending pandemic-era policies that expanded access to telehealth under Medicare. Without urgent action by lawmakers, these telehealth flexibilities will expire at the end of the year.
That’s an outcome few should welcome. Telehealth has proved enormously valuable to older Americans, particularly those living in rural areas. Medicare beneficiaries should have unfettered access to remote care permanently.
Before the pandemic, a host of rules made it difficult for seniors to seek — and physicians to deliver — treatment remotely, whether through a video consultation or an audio phone call.
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Time Medicare Joined 21st Century on Telehealth
Sally C. Pipes
The House Energy and Commerce Committee held a hearing this month to discuss extending pandemic-era policies that expanded access to telehealth under Medicare. Without urgent action by lawmakers, these telehealth flexibilities will expire at the end of the year.
That’s an outcome few should welcome. Telehealth has proved enormously valuable to older Americans, particularly those living in rural areas. Medicare beneficiaries should have unfettered access to remote care permanently.
Before the pandemic, a host of rules made it difficult for seniors to seek — and physicians to deliver — treatment remotely, whether through a video consultation or an audio phone call.
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Nothing contained in this blog is to be construed as necessarily reflecting the views of the Pacific Research Institute or as an attempt to thwart or aid the passage of any legislation.