Opinion: Telehealth’s critics have it right: The industry must evolve
For many people, January is a time for new beginnings. But for many telehealth patients, January 2021 means being plunged back into 2019 as Congress prepares to walk back some of the pandemic-related coverage and payment flexibilities it instituted for 33 million seniors and people with disabilities.
In December 2020, I joined telehealth CEOs and health system leaders at the Department of Health and Human Services Telehealth Innovation Summit to make critical asks of the federal government after 2020’s monumental year for virtual care, in which Congress and HHS allowed new reimbursements for telemedicine visits broadly defined.
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