Virtual care reimbursement proposed by Medicare: 5 things to know

Becker's Healthcare July 17, 2018
Julie Spitzer

CMS made a series of suggestions to expand telehealth in its latest Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and Quality Payment Program, a 1,473-page proposal released July 12.

Here are five telehealth changes CMS proposed:

1. Although CMS has bundled “routine non-face-to-face communication” into the cost of in-person visits, the agency is proposing to reimburse physicians for video or audio check-ins even if they don’t result in an office visit.

2. Medicare would pay $14 per virtual check-in, compared to the cost of a $92 patient visit.

3. Clinicians would be able to review photos or videos submitted by patients via prerecorded “store and forward” video or image technology to determine whether an in-person visit is...

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