As the federal government shutdown stretches on, hospital leaders are voicing alarm over the lapse of Medicare telehealth flexibilities and the hospital-at-home program, which has been a disruptive ...

Two influential House Democrats are putting pressure on the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to reinstate telehealth services, accusing the administration of intentionally creating a ...

With millions stuck in their homes during the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress authorized temporary telehealth benefits for Medicare beneficiaries in 2020, allowing medical providers to bill for online ...

Hospitals and health systems across the U.S. are informing some Medicare patients that they will be unable to schedule telehealth appointments due to the federal government shutdown. As of Oct. 1, ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The ongoing federal government shutdown is creating significant challenges for local doctors and thousands of residents on traditional Medicare as money for telehealth video ...

PHOENIX — The Department of Veterans Affairs has been using telehealth since 2003, long before the larger health-care community turned to it during the COVID-19 pandemic. Telehealth has been a ...

The ongoing US government partial shutdown has unintended consequences for seniors and their doctors as most telehealth appointments are now no longer being covered by Medicare. That’s because without ...

With pandemic-era telehealth and Hospital at Home waivers expiring, executives are curtailing or ending some virtual care services. Supporters, meanwhile, are lobbying to extend those flexibilities or ...

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Robert Thornton received personalized hospital care for COVID-19 and pneumonia in his Belvidere, Ill., home in 2024 as part of a Medicare in-home care program that expired October 1. (Photo courtesy ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - A program established during COVID-19, with waivers for tele-health medicine, has come to an end. Medicare waivers covered a variety of services for people. Medicare patients ...

On October 1, 2025, the U.S. federal government entered a partial shutdown after Congress failed to pass either a full-year appropriations package or a continuing resolution. Among the many ripples ...