Date: March 18, 2022
Telehealth Extension Information
The current Medicare telehealth waivers will temporarily extend Medicare telehealth coverage for at least 151 days (or five months) after the end of the public health emergency.
A few telehealth examples that fall under the temporary extension:
- Delays implementation of in-person visit requirements for telemental health services under Medicare for five months.
- Federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics will be allowed to offer telehealth for 151 days after the public health emergency.
- Medicare will continue to cover occupational and physical therapy as well as speech-language pathology delivered through telehealth during the 151-day period.
The full text for the health-related provisions can be found here.