HealthLeaders Media November 6, 2023
The provision, included in the final 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, enables health systems to bill Medicare for telehealth services delivered from the doctor’s home.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
– Health systems looking to make their telehealth platforms more provider-friendly are creating programs that allow their doctors to conduct virtual visits from home.
– CMS has extended a pandemic-era waiver that allows doctors to seek Medicare reimbursement for those virtual visits.
– The provision also allows doctors to bypass listing their home as a practice location, reducing stress at a time when threats against medical professionals are skyrocketing
A key Medicare reimbursement for health systems the deploy telehealth services has been extended through the end of 2024, along with a measure that...