Connecticut Telehealth Services Extended Amid Pandemic

CONNECTICUT — The state has extended the deadline for health care access to telehealth services during the coronavirus pandemic. The extension came in the form of an executive order that Gov. Ned Lamont signed Sunday.

Medicaid-enrolled health care providers and in-network providers for commercial, fully insured health insurance providers can continue to provide telehealth services through April 20. The previous deadline was Monday.

Telehealth services are those that enable health care providers to interact with patients, including those with Medicaid, without needing to meet in person by using electronic methods, such as videoconferencing and phones.

When the pandemic began in March 2020, Lamont issued an executive order to relax certain laws regulating telehealth services. In July, the Connecticut General Assembly met in special session and adopted a law that codified those provisions of the executive order into state statute and also provided additional flexibility. That law expired Monday.

"Telehealth services have been necessary, as well as overwhelmingly popular during the pandemic,” Lamont said in a news release. "Thousands of Connecticut residents have benefited from their expanded use during this difficult time. I am committed to working with the legislature to allow healthcare providers and patients to continue using these services beyond April 20, when this executive order will expire."

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