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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Medicare pandemic-era telehealth waivers expired when the government shut down. Hospitals and health systems across the U.S. are informing some Medicare patients that they will be unable to schedule ...

Health care providers across the country are canceling telehealth visits with Medicare beneficiaries or warning patients they will have to pay out of pocket for appointments because Congress let ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Due to a lack of specialists on Kauai to treat her rare autoimmune disease, Rhian Campbell has been relying on telehealth benefits under her Medicare coverage to connect ...

As Congressional Democrats and Republicans continue to trade blows in a standoff over government funding, the resulting government shutdown that began at 12:01 a.m. on Oct. 1 has already started ...

The Medicare telehealth waivers and acute hospital care at home programs have expired after Congress was unable to reach a funding deal Sept. 30. According to the National Consortium of Telehealth ...

The U.S. Senate failed to pass a resolution to fund the federal government before the Sept. 30 deadline on Tuesday. Among many other far-reaching consequences of this most recent government shutdown, ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. But Wednesday’s federal budget impasse has halted that funding—and unlike other, ...

A patient speaks to a doctor on a Zoom video call while recovering from COVID-19 at home. A patient speaks to a doctor on a Zoom video call while recovering from COVID-19 at home.John Moore/Getty ...