According to Psychiatric News (2/1), on Jan. 30, “the Biden administration announced” (PDF) that “the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE), first issued in March 2020, will end on May 11.” The PHE “waived a host of restrictions on the use of telehealth to help patients receive services, including mental health services, without leaving their homes,” but “with the end of the emergency, those waivers will be lifted, and several pre-pandemic regulations will be back in effect.” However, “some states and health care plans…may continue certain flexibilities and coverage; commercial and Medicaid payers may vary widely in their telehealth policies.”
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— “Biden Announces End of COVID Public Health Emergency in May, Psychiatric News, February 1, 2023