SPI Digital Health: The US Public Health Emergency Ends, but Telehealth’s Wait for Clarity Goes On

Healthcare providers and telehealth vendors could be forgiven for raising their collective hopes of a clear path forward as the US COVID Public Health Emergency (PHE) formally ended on 11 May. 

But any notion that the less restrictive measures that really launched telehealth in 2020 and 2021 would become permanent in law were dashed last month as another temporary set of extensions were approved.