Lexology November 11, 2024
On November 1, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the calendar year 2025 final rule for services reimbursed under the Medicare physician fee schedule. Among other developments, the final rule temporarily extends through December 31, 2025, flexibilities that allow physicians to provide direct supervision to auxiliary personnel remotely using real-time audio and visual interactive telecommunications. CMS made this flexibility permanent for a small subset of services and will continue to evaluate services that can safely be provided with remote direct supervision. Providers utilizing remote direct supervision should take this opportunity to review their supervision practices to ensure that they reflect the use of real-time audio and visual interactive telecommunications, and should further instruct practitioners on documentation...
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