Advancing Access to Telehealth Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
The Advancing Access to Telehealth Act amends Social Security Act telehealth provisions to replace temporary September 30, 2025 end dates with language beginning on the first day of the section 1135 emergency period, effectively preserving several Medicare telehealth flexibilities beyond the prior sunset. It removes expired paragraphs and redesignates remaining telehealth provisions, then makes conforming changes across Medicare telehealth payment, originating-site, practitioner, and related sections. It also removes October 1, 2025 limits in other Medicare provisions tied to telehealth or hospital-at-home style flexibilities.
Who Benefits and How
Medicare beneficiaries benefit from continued access to telehealth services that otherwise would have narrowed after September 30, 2025. Physicians, clinicians, hospitals, and telehealth providers benefit from more stable Medicare payment authority. Rural patients, mobility-limited patients, and patients with behavioral health or chronic-care needs benefit from avoiding abrupt loss of remote care options.
Who Bears the Burden and How
CMS must update Medicare telehealth regulations, claims systems, and guidance to reflect permanent or continuing flexibilities. Medicare program spending may increase if broader telehealth coverage raises utilization. Providers must continue complying with Medicare billing, documentation, and fraud-control rules for remote services.
Key Provisions
- Repeals September 30, 2025 sunset language from multiple Medicare telehealth provisions.
- Amends conforming cross-references after striking temporary telehealth paragraphs.
- Extends telehealth service flexibilities beginning with the COVID-era emergency-period trigger instead of ending in 2025.
- Repeals October 1, 2025 limits in related Medicare payment provisions.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Makes pandemic-era Medicare telehealth flexibilities permanent by removing September 30, 2025 sunsets and conforming related telehealth payment provisions.
Key Policy Areas
Healthcare, Medicare, Telehealth
Primary Purpose
Makes pandemic-era Medicare telehealth flexibilities permanent by removing September 30, 2025 sunsets and conforming related telehealth payment provisions.
Policy Domains
Substantive provisions
Identified Gains
- Medicare beneficiaries using telehealth
- Telehealth providers
- Rural Medicare patients
- Behavioral health clinicians
- Hospitals offering remote care models
Identified Costs
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- Medicare program
- Medicare providers billing telehealth
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
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Introduced in House
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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