The late-December spending bill that funds federal government programs through March 2025 includes an extension of Medicare telehealth funding. President Joe Biden signed H.R. 10545, the American Relief Act 2025, into law on Dec. 21. While critical home medical equipment (HME) legislation, including much-needed funding relief for HME providers, was left out of the bill,…
December Spending Bill Extends Medicare Telehealth Coverage Through March
Research Examines Characteristics of Clients Using Telerehabilitation for Wheelchair Assessments
The study used data from the Functional Mobility Assessment and Uniform Dataset.
A newly published paper studied the characteristics of patients who have used telerehabilitation for their wheelchair assessments, versus patients who had in-person evaluations. The paper — Telerehabilitation for New Wheelchair Evaluations: A Retrospective Study of Patient Characteristics — was published in June in the International Journal of Telerehabilitation. The study’s authors were Chelsea McClammer, OTDS,…