Medicare’s telehealth services are set to resume under the agreement to reopen the government, bringing back the pandemic-era service that allows doctors to conduct about 5% of Medicare’s overall ...

Understand Medicare's telehealth coverage and changes. Learn how to access virtual doctor visits, mental health services and other remote care options under Medicare.

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 ...

High telehealth use is associated with more clinician encounters, hospitalizations, and higher total healthcare costs for Medicare beneficiaries, according to new research. The study published in JAMA ...

On March 14, 2025, as part of a spending bill to avert a federal government shutdown, Congress extended COVID-era telehealth “waivers” applicable to Medicare until September 30, 2025. These were ...

On March 15, 2025, President Trump signed a continuing resolution to avert a government shutdown, which included a critical six-month extension of Medicare telehealth flexibilities through September ...

Khanna said, "Breaking news: The Trump administration just announced that Medicare will stop covering telehealth starting April 1. … We need to stand up to these Medicare cuts." The statement is ...

Medicare members could potentially lose their telehealth benefits next month, with temporary COVID-19 era expansions set to expire without action from Congress. If you’re on Medicare, you might have ...

Medicare telehealth flexibilities and hospital at home program were created by the Trump administration at the onset of the pandemic. Congress has not yet made a permanent plan for the programs.

Audio-only telehealth visits declined from 31 percent of all telehealth visits in 2020 to 25.4 percent in 2022, according to new research published in JAMA Health Forum. Researchers from Weill Cornell ...