VA Proposes Expanded Access to Telehealth for Rural Veterans

– Comment by January 13.  The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced its intention to eliminate copayments for all VA telehealth services and establish a telehealth grant program to fund designated VA telehealth access points in non-VA facilities, with a focus on rural and medically underserved communities, where approximately 4.4 million veterans reside. VA officially published the proposed Telehealth Grant Program rulemaking in the VA Federal Register on November 13. The Federal Register 60-day public comment period will remain open through January 13.