W&M 2-Year Telehealth Bill Also Includes 5-Year Hospital At Home Extension, DME Guardrails, GAO Report On Health Apps

Lobbyists are generally happy with the draft two-year telehealth waiver extension set to be marked up by the House Ways & Means Committee Wednesday (May 8), while a little uneasy about the inclusion of new durable medical equipment guardrails to protect against fraud. The bill also includes a five-year extension of the Medicare acute hospital at home demo. In addition, the W&M telehealth extension bill calls for the Government Accountability Office to study how federal regulators should handle wearable health...