On November 20, 2025, CMS provided updated guidance to telehealth providers to retroactively submit any claims they held during the government shutdown and continue billing normally through January 30, 2026. At that time, current pandemic-era telehealth flexibilities are set to expire unless Congress intervenes. CMS also clarified that practitioners who provide telehealth services from home but maintain a physical practice location may continue listing that practice address, rather than their home, on Medicare billing and enrollment forms. However, virtual-only providers without physical sites must list their home address.

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Many of the telehealth flexibilities that have been available since the COVID-19 pandemic lapsed on October 1 and remained unavailable during the government shutdown. However, Congress retroactively restored many of these provisions from October 1, 2025, through January 30, 2026, with the passage of the Continuing Appropriations Act.