A bipartisan Senate duo, rallied by home-based care advocates, plans to push for a two-year extension of a pandemic waiver that allows in-home care to substitute for certain Medicare inpatient procedures, and they hope to get the measure tucked into the upcoming omnibus funding package, lobbyists say. The two-year extension would give lawmakers time to build support for permanent legislation making home-based use of telehealth and innovative technologies an alternative to certain inpatient procedures. The soon-to-be-introduced Hospital Inpatient Services Modernization...

The telehealth company Current Health will begin integrating the popular videoconferencing system Zoom into its platform , allowing greater access for patients with bandwidth issues and the opportunity for multiple people to participate in appointments on separate devices. Paul Magnaghi, a leader of Zoom’s partner program, said the company hopes to work with more health systems on product integration in the future. “Current Health’s integration with Zoom improves the patient experience and reduces barriers to access by providing more reliable...