The $1.7 trillion spending bill Congress unveiled this week includes an extension of HHS rules that made telehealth more accessible during the COVID-19 pandemic, but falls short of permanently extending the flexibilities. Despite that, telemedicine groups cheered the legislation, while still reminding lawmakers there’s more to do.

“Today, our Congressional telehealth champions on both sides of the aisle came through,” Kyle Zebley, SVP of public policy at the American Telemedicine Association, said in a statement. “We asked Congress and they listened.”  [Healthcare Dive]

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