WEEKLY UPDATE: 03/20/25
On Saturday, March 15, President Donald Trump signed into law a continuing resolution (CR) to fund the federal government through September. The budget legislation passed by Congress on Friday maintains and finances key healthcare provisions that were set to expire at the end of March.
The stopgap measure reauthorizes telehealth and hospital-at-home waivers under Medicare and extends the enhanced low-volume adjustment (LVA) and Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) programs, among other provisions.
The Connecticut Hospital Association (CHA) supports these extensions, which are critical to preserving patient access to care. Telehealth uses technology to connect patients to a wide variety of vital healthcare services and enables access to primary care physicians, specialists, and a variety of other providers. Hospital-at-home programs are an innovative way to enhance access and enable patients to receive care in the comfort of their homes. The MDH and LVA programs provide rural, geographically isolated, and low-volume hospitals with critical financial assistance to ensure rural residents continue to have access to care.
CHA continues to advocate for federal protections for the Medicare and Medicaid programs and urge Connecticut’s congressional delegation to reject proposals that would jeopardize healthcare accessibility and affordability and negatively impact hospitals and health systems.
Read more about CHA’s federal advocacy priorities here.
