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: 

  • Extension of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)’s Acute Hospital at Home program. 

  • 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:  

  • Allina Health 

  • Essentia Health 

  • Gundersen Health System 

  • Mayo Clinic 

  • Sandford Health 

  • Trinity Health 

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