MGMA Urges Congress to Extend Medicare Telehealth (August 13, 2025)

August 13, 2025 

Dear Senate Majority Leader Thune, Minority Leader Schumer, Speaker Johnson, and House Minority Leader Jeffries:

On behalf of the signatories below, we thank you for your ongoing efforts to advance access to health care through telehealth. We write today to request your leadership in ensuring Medicare beneficiaries are able to access the same telehealth services that they have been relying on for the past five years. While we strongly support making Medicare telehealth access permanent, if that’s not achievable at this time, we urge Congress to approve the longest possible extension. At a minimum, a two-year extension is needed to ensure stability and provide clarity for patients, providers, and the health care system as a whole.

Telehealth is a continuation of standing, bipartisan policy over the last five years and will not lead to new costs. Access to telehealth services serve as a lifeline to Medicare beneficiaries across the country, allowing patients to access critical health care services even when they have barriers to accessing inperson care, such as weakened immune systems, neurodegenerative disorders, and chronic conditions, which can make travel and in-person visits especially burdensome. Both patients and practitioners seek assurance that services will remain available, as they have for the past five years.

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