Virtual care is a powerful tool for preventive care—it’s a key reason that Congress made permanent first-dollar coverage ...

Congress has made permanent a pandemic-era telehealth provision for millions of Americans with high-deductible health plans. | In the midst of the massive reconciliation package passed by Congress ...

Some of the expanded telehealth coverage was planned until the end of the "public health emergency," which isn't in sight, Weber said. He seldom used telehealth before COVID-19 because of all the ...

Audio-Only Telehealth Lives On Past the PHE. Also in the legislation, Medicare coverage of audio-only telehealth services, a benefit borne of the COVID-19 pandemic, stays afloat for five months ...

The pandemic-era flexibilities included in Medicare telehealth coverage that were due to expire on Dec. 31, 2024 were extended for three months by The American Relief Act.

In Arizona, a new law mandates commercial insurers to cover more forms of care via telehealth, such as remote patient monitoring and asynchronous visits. Payers must also cover telemedicine visits ...

Here are 16 states with emergency orders that ended or will end soon and how they are approaching telehealth coverage. 1. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey passed a proclamation by the governor, renewing the ...

Telemedicine is having a moment, one industry leaders say is a longtime coming ... only 17% of Americans are even aware that their health system or insurance provider offers telemedicine coverage.

For Kaye Peterson, 67, the expansion of telehealth coverage during Covid-19 was a godsend. Peterson, who has Type 1 diabetes and lives in an assisted living facility, no longer drives, so she ...

Health care coverage could get more costly if the Biden administration fails to extend the public health emergency. The $1.7 trillion omnibus bill preserves telehealth benefits, but it's only ...

Many states are relaxing COVID-19 restrictions and dropping public health emergency designations, moves that affect payers' decisions on how to reimburse for telehealth services. Amid these ...

“The future of health care should and must include telehealth.” Insurance coverage expands. Before COVID-19, most Chicago-area health systems weren’t offering much in the way of telehealth.