Expiration of Medicare Telehealth Flexibilities: What Physicians Need to Know
Picture a vital lifeline for doctors and patients fraying at the edges. Medicare’s telehealth flexibilities, which were born out of pandemic needs, will end on September 20, 2025. A government shutdown clouds the future. Congress might step in to revive them, but no one knows when or if that will happen.
Come October 1, old rules snap back into place. Patients must visit approved sites for coverage. Only certain clinicians can bill Medicare. Every day, tech like smartphones loses its stamp of approval for most visits. Home calls, once a lifeline for the housebound, mostly go unpaid. Maps redraw boundaries, locking out remote areas. Audio-only chats, a simple bridge for many, are now limited to narrow exceptions.
These shifts remain in place until lawmakers pass a fix. Some hope lingers for backdated relief from October 1, yet promises stay uncertain. A handy table lays out the big shifts side by side with the easier pandemic days. Grab it here: Telemedicine changes 10-01-25 ACP. All facts are drawn from the American College of Physicians at www.acponline.org.
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