MedPAC: Continue Telehealth Temporarily After PHE To Collect Data

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission’s annual March report, released Monday (March 15), says telehealth flexibilities should be extended after the COVID-19 public health emergency expires but should not yet be made permanent; however, the commission did not make official recommendations in the report. CMS issued waivers allowing for expanded telehealth use during the pandemic last spring, and a MedPAC analysis shows that 8.4 million telehealth services were paid for under the physician fee schedule in April 2020, as compared to...