Rural seniors on Medicare with heart disease, diabetes, and other chronic conditions could lose access to critical telemedicine services if the Trump administration goes forward with a proposal to crack down on fraud that critics say will hit rural hospital systems the hardest.

Telemedicine and healthcare industry leaders, as well as members of Congress from both political parties, have asked Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz to reconsider a rule that changes how Medicare pays for remote patient monitoring for patients with chronic diseases.

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