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Dec 14, 2020 •Telehealth

How CPT codes set stage for telehealth’s rise amid pandemic

The use of telemedicine has skyrocketed during the COVID-19 pandemic. In part because specific regulatory barriers were lowered, but also because an infrastructure was already in place…

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Dec 14, 2020 •Telehealth

Final Physician Rule Changes Supervision, Adds Telehealth Codes, Some Permanently

In the 2021 final Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) rule, CMS made both permanent and temporary changes to supervision, telehealth and other provisions, capturing the fluidity of COVID-19…

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Dec 11, 2020 •Telehealth

Analysis: CMS Gives Telehealth a Boost, But More is Needed

Experts say the 2021 Physician Fee Schedule will advance telehealth adoption, but it falls short of giving momentum to remote patient monitoring. Oh, and Congress needs to…

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Dec 10, 2020 •Telehealth

2021 Medicare Remote Patient Monitoring FAQs: CMS Issues Final Rule

On December 1, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized new policies related to remote patient monitoring aka remote physiologic monitoring or “RPM,” reimbursed…

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Dec 10, 2020 •Telehealth

Medicare telehealth expansion gets bipartisan stamp of approval from lawmakers

Telehealth technology has proved to be a reliable tool for Medicare providers throughout the pandemic, according to a bipartisan and bicameral group of 49 lawmakers who want…

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Dec 10, 2020 •Telehealth

HHS Authorizes Some Telehealth Services Across State Lines–Temporarily

On December 3 the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services authorized health care practitioners licensed in other states to provide telehealth services across state lines for the duration of…

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Dec 10, 2020 •Telehealth

CMS Permanently Expands Telehealth As Far As Congress Has Allowed

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) expanded Medicare reimbursement for telehealth within the annual Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) final rule for 2021. During the pandemic Public…

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Dec 10, 2020 •COVID-19 - Coronavirus

HHS Expands COVID-19 Telehealth Capabilities in PREP Act Amendment

The Health and Human Services Secretary will allow healthcare providers to use telehealth across state lines to deliver “Covered Countermeasures” against the coronavirus. By Eric Wicklund December 04,…

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Dec 10, 2020 •Telehealth

Bipartisan Cadre of Lawmakers Call for Permanent Telehealth Expansion

Telehealth has proved vital during the COVID-19 pandemic, and more than four dozen lawmakers want to see maximized moving forward. A bipartisan, bicameral collection of 49 lawmakers…

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Dec 9, 2020 •Telehealth

CMS finalizes physician fee schedule, including controversial updates to E/M visits

The Trump administration has finalized the annual regulation governing physician payments, and in the rule approved payment adjustments to evaluation and management visits that drew ire from…

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Dec 9, 2020 •Telehealth

Industry Voices—Pandemic realities have accelerated the growth of promising new telehealth models

It shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that the pressures and prerogatives of a global pandemic can have a profound effect on lives and livelihoods everywhere.…

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Dec 9, 2020 •Telehealth

CMS makes some telehealth coverage permanent, finalizes specialty rate cuts

In its sweeping 2021 payment rule, the Trump administration locked in a number of permanent expansions to the telehealth services Medicare covers and significantly increased payments for…

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Dec 9, 2020 •American Medical Association (AMA)

AMA Pushes for Widespread Telehealth Adoption

American Medical Association House of Delegates will advocate for equitable and accessible telehealth post-COVID-19 WEDNESDAY, Dec. 2, 2020 (HealthDay News) — At a Special Meeting of the…

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Dec 9, 2020 •Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) - Medicare

Medicare Extends COVID-19 Telehealth Coverage in Diabetes Prevention Programs

As part of the 2021 Physician Fee Schedule, Medicare will continue to reimburse Diabetes Prevention Program providers who use certain telehealth services – but only for the…

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Dec 9, 2020 •Remote Patient Monitoring

CMS finalizes remote patient monitoring regulations in final rule: 7 takeaways

CMS released the 2021 physician fee schedule Dec. 1 with expanded telehealth services, remote physiologic monitoring updates and an extension for telecommunications tech supervision. Seven takeaways: 1. CMS clarified its payment policies related…

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