A coalition of telehealth providers from Amazon and Hims & Hers to hospital systems is working to extend pandemic-era waivers ...

Piecemeal extensions of Medicare coverage for virtual services have impeded access to care, the American Medical Association ...

People 65 and older can’t always travel to doctors’ offices easily. That makes Medicare coverage of telehealth a necessity for them. Remember the Peanuts storyline where Lucy yanked the football just ...

Telehealth, which is a way to visit with your provider using a phone or video call, is available to all Medicare members through January 30, 2026. "A lot of Medicare beneficiaries got their ...

In February 2025, a rumor spread that Medicare would stop covering telehealth services — which allow patients to access health care remotely using digital technology — as of April 1, 2025. On Feb. 20, ...

The American Medical Association is asking Congress to make pandemic-era telemedicine changes permanent ahead of their Jan. 30 expiration. Those flexibilities lapsed amid the recent government closure ...

Pandemic-era telehealth flexibilities are expected to remain in play if Congress approves a new spending bill. A lot of changes were hurtling toward telehealth, with murmurs about the Biden ...

Congress will include a months-long extension of telehealth flexibilities in a package to fund the government, fulfilling a key ask made by providers and advocates. Under a draft of the provisions ...

Medicare beneficiaries in nearly 100 counties in the U.S. will lose coverage for telehealth services because they no longer live in federally designated rural areas due to a change in status, ...

The use of telehealth services has increased since the WeCount surveys began in 2022, with usage up from 25% in 2024 and just ...