CMS Hints At Permanent Telehealth Proposals In Upcoming Pay Rule

A CMS official on Wednesday (July 1) hinted that an upcoming physician pay rule may contain provisions to make permanent waived restrictions in telehealth and encouraged stakeholders to comment on the rule once it’s proposed. At a Congressional briefing held by Connected Health Initiative on Wednesday, Emily Yoder, an analyst with the CMS Division of Practitioner Service, said the physician fee schedule pay rule, expected to be proposed sometime in mid-July, might contain some permanent telehealth provisions. Telehealth has been...