Healthcare IT News November 4, 2025
Virtual care proponents are concerned about the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services scrapping pandemic-era flexibilities in its 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule. But others welcome new indications of more permanent support for telehealth.
Since 2020, a temporary policy has allowed Medicare-enrolled practitioners to bill for telehealth services provided from their home after hours and other alternative locations using their existing practice locations.
With the new 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule published this past Friday, effective in January 2026, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will now require these practitioners to separately enroll and bill for each location from which they deliver telehealth.
Virtual care proponents said the additional documentation requirements will create an enormous administrative...
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