The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) used authority provided by Congress to cover key audiology and speech-language pathology telehealth services during the COVID-19 public health emergency, and Congress has extended this telehealth authority through the end of 2024.
Permanent coverage of telehealth services will enhance access to hearing, balance, speech, language, swallowing, and cognition related health care services for those in rural and medically underserved areas.
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Questions? Contact Josh Krantz, ASHA's director of federal affairs, health care, at jkrantz@asha.org.
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