RUC Meets To Determine Payment For New Telehealth Codes, Addresses Payment Parity

The American Medical Association’s payment valuation committee will meet through the weekend to discuss the 17 newly accepted telehealth evaluation and management CPT codes that will determine the future of telehealth payment and broach the long-standing payment parity debate. RUC is meeting April 26-29 to assess the payment rate of CPT codes and will make payment recommendations to CMS for the 2024 proposed Physician Fee Schedule, set to come out in July. The codes are expected to reduce potential inaccurate...