mHealth Intelligence November 3, 2023
Anuja Vaidya

The 2024 Physician Fee Schedule rule finalizes several pandemic-era telehealth flexibilities, including paying higher non-facility rates for telehealth visits.

Though the newly released 2024 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) final rule did not bring good news for all in the healthcare industry, telehealth proponents garnered some critical wins.

Effective on or after January 1, 2024, the PFS final rule solidified several telehealth policies, including paying telehealth providers the non-facility rate for telehealth services.

The calendar year (CY) 2024 PFS will reimburse telehealth services provided to people in their homes at the non-facility PFS rate “to protect access to mental health and other telehealth services by aligning with telehealth-related flexibilities that were extended via the CAA, 2023 [Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023].”

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Topics: CMS, Digital Health, Govt Agencies, Insurance, Medicare, Physician, Provider, Technology, Telehealth
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