Fierce Health Technology June 25, 2020
An upcoming Medicare payment rule will include proposals outlining how the Trump administration plans to permanently expand reimbursement for telehealth services.
Providers have cheered the Trump administration’s actions to open up access to telehealth with sweeping—but temporary—changes to reimbursement policies. What remains up in the air is whether the regulatory flexibility on reimbursement is going to stick around.
Health providers should watch for the agency’s annual proposed physician fee schedule rule, which typically publishes in July, said Emily Yoder, an analyst in the division of practitioner services at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
CMS’ annual Physician Fee Schedule and Quality Payment Program updates Medicare payment rates.
“The changes that we can make through the standard rule-making process,...