Over 200 health care organizations have come together to push Congress to enact permanent Medicare telehealth coverage, without which home health ...

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, ...

Seeing a psychiatrist via telehealth became easier from January 2022. That's when Medicare-reimbursed telepsychiatry ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People 65 and older can’t always travel to doctors’ offices easily. That makes Medicare coverage of telehealth a necessity for ...

Thomas is a native of upstate New York and a graduate of the University at Albany. As a former member of CNET's How To team, he wrote about the intersection of policy, information and technology, and ...

"I don’t drive much anymore, so getting to the doctor can be a hassle. They suggested telehealth visits, but I’m not very ...

This article outlines the evolving rules surrounding Medicare telehealth coverage, highlighting key legislative changes and their impact on beneficiaries and health care providers. It clarifies which ...

Medicare beneficiaries stand to lose access to two key virtual care programs that the federal government has offered since the start of the pandemic if the government shuts down Tuesday at midnight.

Medicare telehealth flexibilities have been extended for two years, keeping reimbursement for a wide range of virtual services through the end of 2027. This allows Medicare beneficiaries to continue ...

The Medicare telehealth waivers and acute hospital care at home programs have expired after Congress was unable to reach a funding deal Sept. 30. According to the National Consortium of Telehealth ...

More than 450 telehealth and provider organizations are pushing lawmakers to avoid another temporary extension of telemedicine flexibilities amid a historic government shutdown. Medicare telehealth ...

The New York StateWide Senior Action Council (StateWide), a 54-year-old non-profit organization dedicated to serving the needs and well-being of our State's more than 3.6 million senior citizens, toda ...