Update on Wind Down of COVID-19 Telehealth Program

The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau and Office of the Managing Director announced that the service delivery/receipt deadline for the COVID-19 Telehealth Program was April 10, 2023, due to the signing and enactment of the joint resolution ending the COVID-19 national emergency on the same day. This guidance supersedes earlier guidance identifying May 11, 2023, as the service delivery/receipt deadline. Pursuant to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, the FCC may reimburse COVID-19 Telehealth Program participants for eligible telehealth expenses only if the participant made payment and received the supported services and equipment before the emergency period ended. Pursuant to the CARES Act and program rules, the COVID-19 Telehealth Program may reimburse only for eligible telehealth expenses incurred by healthcare providers from March 13, 2020, through April 10, 2023, the end of the emergency period. Other deadlines are not impacted by the end of the emergency period.