GAO’s Call For CMS To Gauge Medicaid Telehealth Use Poses Challenges

CMS might find it challenging to heed the Government Accountability Office’s call to gauge the quality of telehealth use in Medicaid during the pandemic, key stakeholders say. Overwhelmed Medicaid facilities and providers were unable to record quality of care data as virtual health care services rapidly increased and the number of Medicaid beneficiaries grew during the pandemic, and the services offered also differed across states. GAO points to the dearth of such data and recommends in an April 11 report...