Lexology April 2, 2020
On March 30, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued an interim final rule that outlined additional flexibilities for providers to address the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic. CMS believes that these “sweeping regulatory changes” will enable providers to focus on expected surges in patient care needs. Among the changes, CMS will now allow hospitals to provide certain routine services to inpatients through arrangements outside the hospital walls. Here are some key considerations for providers as they introduce these temporary measures into daily operations.
VIRTUAL SERVICES
Based on stakeholder feedback and the increased need to promote social distancing, CMS continues to build on the existing telehealth evaluation and management (E/M) codes to enable greater flexibilities for providers to...
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