mHealth Intelligence October 24, 2023
Trade associations, health systems, and telehealth companies want CMS to allow providers to conduct virtual visits from home without reporting their addresses.
Numerous industry groups and healthcare stakeholders are requesting the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to continue allowing healthcare providers to conduct telehealth services from their homes without reporting their home addresses.
Following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, CMS issued several temporary regulatory waivers to remove barriers to hospitals and health systems’ implementation and use of telehealth services. One waiver allowed healthcare providers to conduct telehealth services from their homes without reporting their addresses on Medicare enrollment or claims forms.
However, CMS stated in a Frequently Asked Questions document that the waiver will end on December...