House Committee vote gives hope to extending telehealth, hospital at home waivers

House Committee vote gives hope to extending telehealth, hospital at home waivers 
Health Leaders; by Eric Wicklund; 5/9/24 
The House Ways and Means Committee has voted to advance the Preserving Telehealth, Hospital and Ambulance Access Act (HR 8261), which would, among other things,  continue pandemic-era Medicare waivers enacted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for telehealth access and coverage through 2026 and extend the CMS Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver for an additional five years, to the end of 2029.