Lexology November 30, 2022
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Medicare coverage expanded to include a vast arsenal of tools that help patients access medical services while keeping patients and practitioners safe. Many of these tools involve telehealth services and were made possible by the COVID-19 emergency blanket waivers, which went into effect when the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (“HHS”) declared a Public Health Emergency (the “PHE”). Some of these tools:

  • Permitted providers to furnish distant site telehealth services;
  • Expanded the use of audio-only telehealth to behavioral health counseling services; and
  • Facilitated the conducting of telehealth appointments by practitioners from their homes while billing from their currently enrolled locations.

As a result of these efforts, the use of telehealth and telemedicine...

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Topics: CMS, Digital Health, Govt Agencies, Healthcare System, HHS, Insurance, Medicare, Patient / Consumer, Provider, Public Health / COVID, Technology, Telehealth
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