On March 15, 2025, President Donald Trump signed a continuing resolution extending funding of the federal government through September 2025. Included in the continuing resolution were provisions that also extended Medicare telehealth flexibilities through September 2025.

Many providers in the healthcare industry have come to rely upon these virtual services for the delivery of care to patients. These flexibilities were originally set to expire on March 31, 2025, after having been put in place during the COVID pandemic. Up until only a few days ago, many feared they were going to be allowed to expire at the end of the month.

Of primary significance, the continuing resolution permits the following flexibilities, among others, to continue:

  • Enabling telehealth visits to occur from a wider range of locations, including a patient’s home, rather than the services being limited to rural areas and requiring certain originating sites.
  • Permitting additional qualified provider types and services to deliver virtual care, including physical and occupational therapy, emergency department visits, and nursing facility care.
  • Extending the Acute Hospital Care at Home Program, which allows Medicare-certified hospitals to furnish inpatient-level care in patients’ homes.
  • Continuing the waiver of the in-person visit requirement for behavioral health services.

While many had pushed for these flexibilities to be made permanent, or at least extended for a longer period of time, the continuing resolution will provide Congress and telehealth advocates with an additional six months to continue work on shaping the future of telehealth services.

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Partner, Healthcare and Litigation Departments

Mr. Kaveney focuses his practice in the area of healthcare law, representing a range of clients that includes for-profit and non-profit hospitals and health systems, academic medical centers, individual physicians and physician groups, ambulatory surgery centers, ancillary service…

Partner, Healthcare and Litigation Departments

Mr. Kaveney focuses his practice in the area of healthcare law, representing a range of clients that includes for-profit and non-profit hospitals and health systems, academic medical centers, individual physicians and physician groups, ambulatory surgery centers, ancillary service providers, medical billing companies, skilled nursing and rehabilitation facilities, behavioral health centers and pharmacies.

His practice in the healthcare field encompasses advising healthcare clients on corporate compliance matters, including the implementation of new, and the assessment of existing, corporate compliance programs. He also assists healthcare clients with compliance audits and investigations, as well as guiding clients through the self-disclosure and repayment processes. Finally, he provides general legal advice concerning compliance and regulatory matters under state and federal healthcare laws.

In the area of information privacy and data security, Mr. Kaveney advises healthcare clients on issues arising under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH). This includes the implementation and assessment of privacy and security policies and procedures to ensure the proper protection and utilization of protected health information both by healthcare providers and the business associates with which they contract. In addition, he represents healthcare clients in investigating, reporting, and remediating information breaches and the liability such breaches create under various information privacy and security laws.

Additionally, Mr. Kaveney provides counsel on Medicaid and Medicare reimbursement matters before the Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services and the Provider Reimbursement Review Board, as well as assisting clients in civil litigation and with professional licensing and medical staffing concerns.

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