ASHA Advocate: September 19, 2025

Authority for audiologists and SLPs to provide telehealth services to Medicare beneficiaries is set to expire on September 30. A recently introduced government funding bill would extend this authority until November 21, 2025. While ASHA is happy the funding bill includes a temporary extension, our ultimate goal is for Congress to make telehealth authority permanent. Until then, we need the longest possible extension. To that end, ASHA supports the following legislation:

• The Telehealth Modernization Act (H.R. 5081), which would extend this authority for two years.
• H.R. 1614, which would make this authority permanent.

Now is the time to act! Urge Congress to prevent the September 30 Medicare telehealth cliff.

Take action to make telehealth access permanent for Medicare beneficiaries!