Health systems urge Congress to lay down a permanent road map for telehealth services as clock ticks on December deadline

Eve Cunningham, M.D., group vice president and chief of virtual care and digital health at Providence, testified before Congress on the importance of permanent Medicare coverage for telehealth services. She emphasized that telehealth has become an integrated part of Providence's care delivery system, making up about 20% of ambulatory care visits, and that uncertainty in reimbursement stifles innovation and the ability to scale out and grow programs.

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