Trump EO Expands Rural Medicare Recipients' Telehealth Eligibility
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday evening that makes permanent for rural communities an expansion of Medicare recipients’ eligibility to receive 135 types of services via telehealth. The EO rolled back permanently for rural Medicare recipients some restrictions…
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on eligibility enacted in March as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act and other laws (see 2003250046). Congressional Telehealth Caucus co-Chair Rep. Mike Thompson, D-Calif., and four other caucus members filed the Protecting Access to Post-Covid-19 Telehealth Act last month to make this permanent (see 2007160077). White House officials told reporters the EO is intended to signal Trump wants Congress to expand all Medicare recipients’ eligibility for telehealth. “I’m taking action to ensure telehealth is here to stay,” Trump said during a news conference. American Telemedicine Association CEO Ann Mond Johnson Tuesday said the EO will “ensure individuals receive the care they need during." There's “more work that needs to be done, on both the Federal and state levels, to cement these gains and make permanent the waivers,” Johnson said in a statement. “We have an unprecedented opportunity to modernize our healthcare system.” Connected Health Initiative Executive Director Morgan Reed wants "legislation to ensure that the Medicare patients will have access to digital health services regardless of where they live or where they happen to be when they conduct a virtual visit."