September 17, 2025
Medicare Telehealth Companies Will Expire on September 30
Congress solely has till the top of September to resume expanded Medicare telehealth providers. Earlier than the COVID pandemic, solely sure sufferers with particular diagnoses and circumstances had been eligible to obtain telehealth medical care. However lawmakers made telehealth out there to all beneficiaries in the course of the pandemic and broadened the kinds of practitioners who can present these providers.
If expanded telehealth providers will not be prolonged, they may turn into a lot much less accessible for Medicare beneficiaries, particularly those that are homebound or dwelling in rural areas. Beneficiaries would lose at-home and audio-only telehealth choices, and non-physician practitioners like occupational therapists will not have the ability to present telehealth care.
A current survey exhibits that the vast majority of suppliers will not be prepared for such a large scaling again of providers, with 71 % saying they’re solely “considerably” ready or not ready in any respect. Greater than 60 % of suppliers are additionally involved that weak sufferers will lose telehealth entry altogether.
