MedPAC Commissioners Question Telehealth Report’s Quality Findings

Congress’ Medicare advisors on Friday (April 14) pushed for changes to the commission’s mandated report on telehealth in Medicare after staff found that telehealth may have improved access to care, but didn’t improve quality or cost, and the commissioners questioned the validity of staff’s underlying data. However, the next public meeting of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission isn’t scheduled until September and the report is due to Congress in June. MedPAC staffers’ findings support that telehealth improved access to care...