CBO Score Of Telehealth Provisions Decreased

Lobbyists say the Congressional Budget Office’s score for the two-year telehealth flexibility extension in the omnibus funding package, and projections for a longer extension, are lower than previous official and unofficial CBO scores. The decrease may indicate CBO is shifting its viewpoint to embrace certain types of telehealth services as substitutes for in-person care rather than additive health care costs, stakeholders say. CBO estimated the Advancing Telehealth Beyond Covid-19 section of the 2023 Consolidated Appropriations Act at around $2.4 billion...