Today, The Trump Administration announced
expanded Medicare telehealth coverage that will enable beneficiaries to
receive a wider range of healthcare services from their doctors without
having to travel to a healthcare facility. Beginning on March 6, 2020,
Medicare—administered by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
(CMS)—will temporarily pay clinicians to provide telehealth services for
beneficiaries residing across the entire country.
Fact
Sheet on this announcement
Frequently
Asked Questions on this announcement
Additional telehealth guidance issued today:
CMS issued additional Medicaid guidance that is
intended to assist states in understanding policy options for paying
Medicaid providers that use telehealth technology to deliver services.
Medicaid
State Plan Fee-for-Service Payments for Services Delivered Via Telehealth
Guidance
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a Notification of
Enforcement Discretion for telehealth services during the COVID-19 national
emergency. The notice describes how OCR will exercise its enforcement
discretion to not impose penalties for noncompliance with the regulatory
requirements under the HIPAA Rules against covered health care providers in
connection with the good faith provision of telehealth during the COVID-19
nationwide public health emergency.
Notification
of Enforcement Discretion for telehealth remote communications during the
COVID-19 nationwide public health emergency
This guidance, and earlier CMS actions in
response to the COVID-19 virus, are part of the ongoing White House Task
Force efforts. To keep up with the important work the Task Force is doing
in response to COVID-19 visit www.coronavirus.gov.
For information specific to CMS, please visit the Current
Emergencies Website. |
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