MobiHealth News July 12, 2024
The proposed 2025 physician fee schedule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services includes payment and coding for digital health tools for behavioral health.
On Wednesday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its proposed calendar year 2025 physician fee schedule, which includes recommendations on coverage of digital health tools, including digital therapeutics and telehealth services.
To support access to behavioral health services, CMS proposed that Medicare pay for digital mental health treatment devices used in conjunction with a behavioral health treatment plan.
“We are proposing to create three new HCPCS codes and we would monitor how digital mental health treatment devices are used as part of overall behavioral health care,” according to the agency’s...