High deductible health plan (“HDHP”) sponsors take note: the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2023 (“CAA23”) temporarily extends the flexibility for HDHPs to provide pre-deductible coverage of telehealth services without affecting the ability to contribute to a HDHP participant’s Health Savings Account (“HSA”).

As we discussed, due to relief first provided in the CARES Act and then extended in Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (“CAA22”), HDHP participants were permitted to receive pre-deductible coverage of telehealth and remote care services during the COVID-19 pandemic without adversely affecting their ability to make or receive contributions to an HSA, except for a few months in the beginning of 2022. This relief was set to expire on December 31, 2022. CAA23 extends this relief through plan years that begin before January 1, 2025.Continue Reading Telehealth Safe Harbor Extended

In a previous client alert, Stoel Rives’ health care team provided responses to certain frequently asked questions regarding the Federal Communications Commission’s (“FCC”) COVID-19 Telehealth Program (“Program”). At the time of that earlier client alert, FCC was awaiting the Office of Management & Budget’s approval of the Program application (“Application”) before beginning the application