Healthcare Innovation August 4, 2020
Premier Inc.’s Blair Childs shares his perspectives on CMS’s just-announced proposed rule to further expand telehealth services during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic
As Healthcare Innovation Managing Editor Rajiv Leventhal reported on Wednesday, August 3, “President Trump signed an executive order on Aug. 3 to further expand access to telehealth services during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in rural communities. Through this order, the administration is also taking action to extend the availability of certain telehealth services after the current public health emergency ends, via a new proposed rule. According to federal health officials, during the public health emergency, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) added 135 services such as emergency department visits, initial inpatient and nursing facility visits,...