Rep Buddy Carter optimistic House committees will come to agreement on telehealth extension negotiations

The House Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Health voted to pass a two-year Medicare telehealth extension along with other legislation that expands reimbursement for health tech. The sponsor of the telehealth extension bill, Rep Buddy Carter (R-GA), said he sees no obstacles to the telehealth extension passing the full committee, nor any significant issues for the Commerce and Ways and Means Committees to come to an agreement on a two-year telehealth extension. Rep Carter already conceded to the Ways and Means Committee by reducing the scope of the bill from a permanent extension down to two years. Members of Telehealth Access for America, a national education campaign, sent a letter to Congressional leadership urging them to extend pandemic-era telehealth waivers that are set to expire at the end of 2024.