48 health systems call for telehealth expansion

Several dozen healthcare organizations, including 48 health systems, have written a letter to Congress, urging lawmakers to extend telehealth coverage for Medicare beneficiaries.

The pandemic-era telehealth flexibilities are set to expire Sept. 30 without an extension. “While we strongly support making Medicare telehealth access permanent, if that’s not achievable at this time, we urge Congress to approve the longest possible extension,” the signatories wrote in the Aug. 11 letter. “At a minimum, a two-year extension is needed to ensure stability and provide clarity for patients, providers, and the health care system as a whole.”

Here are the health systems that signed on to the letter:

Adventist Health (Roseville, Calif.)

Advocate Health (Charlotte, N.C.)

Allina Health (Minneapolis)

Ascension (St. Louis)

Beacon Health System (South Bend, Ind.)

Billings Clinic Logan Health (Billings and Kalispell, Mont.)

Corewell Health (Grand Rapids and Southfield, Mich.)

Dartmouth Health (Lebanon, N.H.)

Duke Health (Durham, N.C.)

Essentia Health (Duluth, Minn.)

Fairview Health Services (Minneapolis, Minn.)

Fisher-Titus (Norwalk, Ohio)

Indiana University Health (Indianapolis, Ind.)

Intermountain Health (Salt Lake City)

Johns Hopkins Medicine (Baltimore)

Lakewood Health System (Staples, Minn.)

Lifebridge Health (Baltimore, Md.)

Loma Linda (Calif.) University Health (Loma Linda, Calif.)

Magruder Hospital (Port Clinton, Ohio)

MaineGeneral Health (Augusta, Maine)

MaineHealth (Portland, Maine)

Marshfield (Wis.) Clinic Health System

Mass General Brigham (Somerville, Mass.)

Mayo Clinic (Rochester, Minn.)

MedStar Health (Columbia, Md.)

Northwell Health (New Hyde Park, N.Y.)

Northern Arizona Healthcare (Flagstaff, Ariz.)

Premier Health (Dayton, Ohio)

Presbyterian Healthcare Services (Albuquerque, N.M.)

Sanford Health (Sioux Falls, S.D.)

Southcoast Health (New Bedford, Mass.)

SSM Health (St. Louis)

St. Luke’s Health System (Boise, Idaho)

Stanford Health Care (Palo Alto, Calif.)

Stanford Medicine Children’s Health (Palo Alto, Calif.)

Tanner Health (Carrollton, Ga.)

Texas Health Resources (Arlington)

TidalHealth (Salisbury, Md.)

UCHealth (Aurora, Colo.)

University of Maryland Medical System (Baltimore, Md.)

University of Michigan Health (Ann Arbor)

University of Mississippi Medical Center (Jackson)

UPMC (Pittsburgh)

UVA Health (Charlottesville, Va.)

UW Medicine (Seattle)

Valley Regional (Claremont, N.H.)

VCU Health (Richmond, Va.)

Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health System

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