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Lawmakers and industry advocates are working to finalize telehealth regulations in 3 areas: Medicare waivers, expansion to underinsured, and controlled substanc

(DC)- Government officials say Telehealth use among Medicare patients during the COVID-19 pandemic was ten times higher when compared to pre-pandemic levels. That's why Virginia Senator Tim Kaine wants to make it easier for the nearly 1.6 million Virginians on Medicare to access telehealth. Kaine is co-sponsoring the Connect Act, which would extend the pandemic-era rules covering Medicare patients who access telehealth services from home. Prior to the pandemic, Medicare wouldn't reimbu...

FAIRFIELD — Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, joined two other bipartisan leaders in drafting a letter to congressional leadership urging for legislative action to permanently expand and extend the use of telehealth in Medicare. Thompson is the co-chairman of the Congressional Telehealth Caucus. He

A bipartisan group of 50 Senators, led by Senator Brian Schatz introduced the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies for Health Act of 2021, which builds on prior iterations of the bill with learnings from the COVID-19 pandemic.