Allina Health Physicians Vote to Authorize Strike
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MMA Advocates for National Telehealth Policy
November 10, 2022
The MMA joined a coalition of healthcare organizations in a letter to Congressional leaders to extend "pandemic flexibilities to offer telehealth through 2024.”
"We respectfully request the House and Senate work together in an end-of-year package to provide stability on telehealth policy by extending Medicare and other flexibilities through the end of 2024," said the letter sent November 3 to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy.
The letter goes on to request: "In addition to Medicare fee-for-service telehealth flexibilities, we also request a year-end package to include:
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Extension of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)’s Acute Hospital at Home program.
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Continuation of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in-person requirement waiver for prescribing of controlled substances via telehealth."
Other Minnesota healthcare organizations signing on to the letter include:
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Allina Health
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Essentia Health
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Gundersen Health System
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Mayo Clinic
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Sandford Health
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Trinity Health
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