Fierce Health Payers October 14, 2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has added 11 new telehealth services that Medicare will reimburse, including cardiac rehabilitation services.
The additions announced Wednesday is the latest push by the agency to accelerate use of telehealth by removing reimbursement barriers. The agency is also giving support to state Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program agencies to expand access to telehealth.
“Medicaid patients should not be forgotten, and today’s announcement promotes telehealth for them as well,” said CMS Administrator Seema Verma in a statement.
The expansion means that the 11 telehealth services will be reimbursed for the duration of the public health emergency for the COVID-19 pandemic. The emergency declaration was renewed for another 90 days earlier this month.
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