Lexology September 1, 2020
On August 3, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) updates for the 2021 calendar year, addressing among other policy changes how CMS will treat telehealth codes for the duration of and following the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE).
Background: CMS’ Process for Reviewing New Telehealth Codes
CMS permits any interested party to submit a request to add services to the list of codes covered by Medicare when furnished via remote practice. CMS reviews these requests to determine whether the telehealth service will be added in a subsequent MPFS rulemaking, and in doing so assigns each requested service to one of two categories. Services that are viewed as similar to existing...
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