Healthcare Finance News March 24, 2021
The organization says seniors, during the pandemic, increasingly relied on telehealth to safely access their care.
America’s Health Insurance Plans has praised the introduction of a bill that would improve access to audio-only telehealth for seniors in Medicare Advantage. The bill, which was originally introduced in July 2020, was revived by the U.S. House of Representatives this week.
According to the website of Representative Tony Cárdenas (D-Calif.), one of the bill’s cosponsors, the Ensuring Parity in MA and PACE for Audio-Only Telehealth Act would allow providers to offer audio-only telehealth services to MA enrollees. It would ensure that providers are adequately compensated by requiring MA plans to reimburse them for audio-only telehealth visits as if they were in-person visits –...
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