Trump orders HHS to make telehealth expansion permanent

Modern Healthcare: CMS swiftly followed President Donald Trump's Monday order to review and continue Medicare's coverage of telehealth services.

Shortly afterwards, CMS proposed to permanently allow Medicare providers to use telehealth to carry out home visits for so-called evaluation and management services and some visits for people with cognitive impairments. The agency also wants to temporarily continue telehealth services for emergency department visits and other services to give the industry "time to consider whether these services should be delivered permanently through telehealth outside of the (public health emergency)."

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