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Billing Medicare and Private Payers for Telehealth Visits: What to Expect Post-Public Health Emergency

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

” While the AMA and many others are advocating for continued support of telehealth post-pandemic, healthcare providers and practice leaders should anticipate and prepare for a return to more standardized regulation after the public health emergency (PHE). Ensure licensing and credentialling is in proper order for all providers.

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Is a Federal Medical License Constitutional?

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Although three in four doctors support scrapping state medical boards in favor of a single federal license, such sweeping reform is likely far off. Lindsey Goehring refrains from arguing all licenses fall within the purview of the federal domain, but maintains that telemedicine would qualify as interstate commerce. By Timothy Bonis.

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OCR will ease restrictions on telehealth tech during COVID-19

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

" Covered entities seeking to use audio or video communication tech to reach patients where they live "can use any non-public facing remote communication product that is available to communicate with patients," said the agency. ON THE RECORD.

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U.S. lawmakers reintroduce House bill safeguarding access to telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Authorize the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service to continue reimbursement for telehealth for 90 days beyond the end of the public health emergency. Make permanent the disaster waiver authority, enabling Health and Human Service to expand telehealth in Medicare during all future emergencies and disasters.

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NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposes sweeping telehealth reforms

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Cuomo's proposal would make permanent many flexibilities that are currently in place during the COVID-19 public health emergency. From a regulatory and policy perspective, the reforms would: Require Medicaid telehealth reimbursement for services regardless of where the patient or provider is located in a non-facility setting.

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Bipartisan TIKES Act would improve telehealth access for kids

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Department of Health and Human Services to issue guidance to states about how to increase access to telehealth under Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program. Recommended voluntary billing codes, modifiers and place-of-service designations for telehealth and other virtual health care services.

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AMA & other med groups express 'dismay' at prospect of waivers made permanent

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Lots of industry groups want to see the temporary government waivers enacted early on during the COVID-19 public health emergency – the ones enabling the vast expansion of telehealth and remote patient monitoring over the past four months – to be made permanent once the storm has subsided. And some legislators do too.

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