The Trump Administration released an Executive Order (EO) to expand access to telehealth services, particularly in rural areas. The EO directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to identify through rulemaking which telehealth waivers granted during the Public Health Emergency (PHE) should be made permanent. The EO also urges the U.S. Department of Agriculture and other agencies to implement a strategy to improve “the physical and communications healthcare infrastructure available to rural Americans.” Despite this EO, making some of the COVID-19 telehealth waivers permanent would require legislative action. [Included is more about] other federal actions to expand telehealth.

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