In response to the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), legislators and regulatory agencies provided significant flexibility around telehealth services delivered to Medicare beneficiaries. And, while CMS has the authority to make certain permanent modifications to telehealth reimbursement, other modifications require congressional action. This analysis from McDermott Will & Emery and McDermott+Consulting is designed to help you evaluate which policies would be beneficial to extend beyond the expiration of the PHE.

Mara McDermott, Jessica Roth and Rachel Stauffer co-authored this analysis.