American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

Make Telehealth Access Permanent for Medicare Beneficiaries
Medicare coverage for audiology and speech-language pathology services delivered via telehealth should be made permanent. But without Congressional action before the end of 2024, telehealth services provided to Medicare beneficiaries by audiologists and SLPs will no longer be covered in 2025. It’s critical that Congress act now to ensure patients maintain access to the same level of telehealth services they've had since 2020.

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.

Download the Issue Brief [PDF] to learn more.

Please complete the form to email your elected officials and ask them to cosponsor this legislation.

Questions? Contact Josh Krantz, ASHA's director of federal affairs, health care, at jkrantz@asha.org.  

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