•Telehealth
CMS Announces Further Telehealth Expansions
On October 14, CMS announced several changes designed to expand access to telehealth. CMS made further additions to the list of services that Medicare will pay for…
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Physician Fee Schedule
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•Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) - Medicare
CMS Proposed 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule: Physician Groups Call for Permanent Changes to Telehealth Reimbursement and Other Comments
In September we wrote about the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) releasing its proposed 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule. The proposed rule notably included several proposals to make permanent,…
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•Telehealth
The American Telemedicine Association Leads the Industry Commenting on Medicare Updates to Telehealth Policy
This week, the comment period closed for the calendar year 2021 (CY21) Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) proposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The PFS is…
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•Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) - Medicare
CMS Covered Telehealth Services for Public Health Emergency During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Effective March 1, 2020, Updated October 14, 2020
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•Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code set
CMS Coverage Year 2021 Proposed Physician Fee Schedule
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•Telehealth
Partnership to Advance Virtual Care Urges CMS to Extend and Make Permanent Certain Telehealth Flexibilities Issued in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Today, the Partnership to Advance Virtual Care (the “Partnership”) submitted comments in response to the CY 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule [CMS-1734-P] proposed rule. As a leading coalition representing…
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•Physician Fee Schedule
ATA weighs in on proposed CMS Physician Fee Schedule rule
The American Telemedicine Association’s comments focused on expanding telehealth access, changes to remote monitoring services, and the provision of telehealth in federally qualified health centers and rural…
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•American Telemedicine Association (ATA)
American Telemedicine Association Responds to Medicare Telehealth 2021 Proposed Rule
The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) issued a policy comment letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), advocating for telehealth-friendly changes to Medicare’s telehealth coverage and reimbursement rules. The…
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•Telehealth
Providers Plan a Post-Pandemic Future With Telehealth Strategies
They’ve tried the technology and tested the workloads. Now that telehealth is here to stay, providers are looking closely at what telehealth strategies do and not work…
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•Remote Patient Monitoring
CMS Proposes Significant Changes to Remote Patient Monitoring Coverage
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has clarified how providers can use telehealth and mHealth to establish and run remote patient monitoring programs, with changes that…
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•U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
Medicare Telehealth Coverage and Reimbursement After the Public Health Emergency
Over the past five months, Congress and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have dramatically, but temporarily, expanded coverage and reimbursement for telehealth services in…
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•Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) - Medicare
CMS Proposes Telehealth Updates to the 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
On August 3, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) updates for the 2021 calendar year, addressing among other policy…
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•U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
CMS Proposes Telehealth Updates to the 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
On August 3, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) updates for the 2021 calendar year, addressing among other policy…
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•Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC)
MedPAC members weigh future of telehealth coverage
The commission, which advises Congress on issues affecting Medicare, put forth a number of options aimed at maximizing care access while minimizing risk. By Kat Jercich September 09,…
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•U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
AHA urges HHS to make telehealth rollbacks permanent
Dive Brief: The American Hospital Association wants HHS to ensure the telehealth flexibilities it has allowed during the COVID-19 pandemic will continue permanently, according to a Tuesday letter it…
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