by Evan Sweeney | Jul 16, 2018 2:10pm CMS estimated that reimbursing for virtual check-ins would reach an estimated 19 million visits per year. Telehealth advocates are rejoicing over last week’s physician payment proposal that would reimburse physicians for certain virtual interactions, a move that some see as a significant first step in overcoming the […]

Written by Julie Spitzer | July 17, 2018 | CMS made a series of suggestions to expand telehealth in its latest Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and Quality Payment Program, a 1,473-page proposal released July 12. Here are five telehealth changes CMS proposed: 1. Although CMS has bundled “routine non-face-to-face communication” into the cost of in-person visits, the […]

July 16, 2018 by David Raths To get around legal restrictions on telehealth reimbursement, CMS expands its definition of ‘communication technology–based services’ Among all the proposed changes the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) rolled out last week, ones related to telehealth drew considerable interest. Although it can’t use its regulatory power to change […]

Wednesday, July 18, 2018 Two federal agencies – the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) and the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) – announced separate initiatives last week that stand to increase patient access to telehealth services. Proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for Calendar Year 2019. The CY 2019 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule (the “Proposed […]