Telehealth groups call for urgent action as Medicare flexibility deadline looms (Healthcare Dive)

Telehealth groups are urgently calling on Congress to preserve Medicare’s pandemic-era virtual care policies, which are set to expire at year’s end. A stopgap funding deal that would have extended these flexibilities for two years was derailed by President-elect Donald Trump and his allies, who objected to its cost and called on Republicans to reject it. Without swift legislative action, the looming “telehealth cliff” on January 1 could leave seniors without key remote care options.