Inside Digital Health June 24, 2019
Up until now, Medicare Advantage plans have been able to offer telemedicine services beyond those covered by traditional Medicare only as supplemental benefits. But a recently finalized federal regulation lays out the roadmap for a significant telemedicine expansion for Medicare Advantage plans.
Enabled by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, the latest expansion eliminates for Medicare Advantage plans the general Medicare requirement that the patient be in a healthcare facility to receive telemedicine services. (With minor exceptions, this has meant that telemedicine has been covered by Medicare only where the patient is in a healthcare facility — usually a rural healthcare facility — and a physician — usually a specialist at a larger facility — consults via live video link.)
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