Medical Economics January 22, 2020
Doctors looking to increase reimbursement might want to consider telehealth. CMS has been slowly pushing telehealth, making it an option for Medicare Advantage plans and ACOs, as long as they are part of risk-sharing contracts. It’s also allowed under Medicare Part B for treating substance abuse disorders.
States have also done more to promote telehealth through parity laws. “This requires private payers to pay telehealth equal to an in-office visit,” says Cindy Gaines, MSN, RN, clinical leader, Philips Population Health Management. “Forty states have passed laws to make it more equitable to providers and patients.”
Telehealth reimbursement is currently a disjointed system where doctors often struggle to understand who is covered. “CMS is covering pockets of patients, some states are...
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