During the Coronavirus pandemic, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
has taken unprecedented action to expand telehealth for Medicare beneficiaries. Since
people were advised to stay at home to reduce risk of exposure of COVID-19, there was an
urgency to increase access to telehealth services to help people who need routine care and
allow beneficiaries to remain in their homes. Early CMS data have shown telehealth to be an
effective way for people to access health care safely during the COVID-19 pandemic …