Verma Says Upcoming Medicare Pay Rules Will Expand Telehealth Services

By James Romoser Michelle M. Stein / February 6, 2018 at 9:03 PM
CMS Administrator Seema Verma told rural health advocates Tuesday (Feb. 6) that upcoming Medicare pay rules will make it easier for providers to use telehealth services after various stakeholders submitted comments to HHS asking the department to loosen restrictions on telehealth. CMS added new billing codes for certain types of telehealth services in the 2018 physician fee schedule that was released in November and took effect Jan. 1. Those services include chronic care management, psychotherapy for crisis, and the analysis...

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