Experts: Stakeholders Need To Understand Nuances Of Telefraud, Telehealth

Telehealth policy experts say lawmakers and telehealth providers need to understand the nuances of telefraud and telehealth fraud as they work on permanent telehealth policies moving forward. The experts fear attention-grabbing press releases, like the Special Fraud Alert on telemedicine released by the HHS Office of Inspector General on July 20, that detail investigations into billion-dollar fraudulent schemes could sway lawmakers on how they view fraud-related to telehealth. Concerns by some lawmakers that fraud might be more prevalent in telehealth...