Joint Statement on Medicare Telehealth Expansion under 1135 Waiver Authority

The American Occupational Therapy Association, the American Physical Therapy Association, and the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association call on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to use its 1135 waiver authority to meet the medically necessary needs of Medicare beneficiaries by immediately expanding Medicare coverage of telehealth services to include audiology, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and speech-language pathology. Medicare beneficiaries need and deserve