Post Author: Stephanie Marcovici

Stephanie Marcovici is a patient advocate.

Medicare’s decision to stop telehealth coverage in 2025: an urgent call to action

Policy

December 25, 2024

Medicare is planning to stop coverage for telehealth in 2025—unless Congress acts by the end of 2024.

According to Medicare’s website:

Absent Congressional action, beginning January 1, 2025, the statutory limitations that were in place for Medicare telehealth services prior to the COVID-19 PHE will retake effect for most telehealth services.

This means most telehealth visits will not be covered by Medicare in 2025, unless Congress acts by the end of December 2024.

Congress …

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The consequences of unmasking and ending quarantines

Stephanie Marcovici

Conditions

September 18, 2022

The CDC has updated its COVID masking and quarantine guidelines as children return to school and more adults return to work at the end of summer.

Unfortunately, the new, less restrictive guidelines are premature.

As most people know, the current COVID variant is extremely contagious. Many argue that since a majority of the public has already been exposed to COVID either by vaccination or infection, we can relax into less vigilance.

However, it …

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