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Telehealth gets short Extension, Physician pay is cut in Spending Bill
President Joe Biden on Saturday signed a spending bill that averts a government shutdown, but some healthcare provisions that were in the original bill didn't make it to final passage.Acute hospital-care-at-home and telehealth temporary waivers were continued, but were not given the long-term extensions that were included in a Dec. 18 bipartisan resolution. Both received short-term extensions until March 31 when the government spending legislation expires.The original bill extended telehealth for two years and acute hospital care at home by five years.Last week the American Telemedicine Association's Kyle Zebley said he expected a "clean sweep win" for telehealth.
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The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly (366-34) passed a stopgap bill on Friday to keep the government funded until March 14, 2025. It moved to the Senate, where, early on Saturday, in an 85-11 vote, the spending bill was approved.The bill includes $100 billion in disaster aid and $10 billion in economic aid for farmers. but not the debt limit extension as requested by President-Elect Trump, according to The Wall Street Journal.
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