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S. 2709119th CongressIn committeeLatest action Sep 4, 2025Decoded by AI · checked against the record
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Senate bill S 2709 extends Medicare telehealth flexibilities through September 2027 and adds new anti-fraud rules starting in 2028.
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S 2709 extends through September 2027 a set of Medicare telehealth rules that were set to expire in September 2025. The extensions allow patients to receive care from home, permit phone-only visits, allow more provider types to offer telehealth, and remove the requirement for an in-person visit before receiving mental health telehealth care. The bill also extends a program letting some hospital patients recover at home and expands the Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program to allow fully online participation.
Medicare enrollees are primarily affected, including Americans 65 and older, people with certain disabilities, rural residents, limited-English speakers, people with heart or lung conditions, and those at risk for type 2 diabetes. Health care providers delivering remote services, community health clinics, and hospice programs are also directly affected.
Without this bill, the loosened telehealth rules would have ended in September 2025, reverting Medicare patients to pre-pandemic access restrictions. The new anti-fraud provisions mean Medicare will apply additional scrutiny to medical equipment claims starting in 2028 when no prior patient-provider relationship exists.
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Right now: a Senate committee is reviewing it. If the House changes it, it goes back to the Senate before reaching the President.
Latest action: — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.