The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently published a Proposed Rule, primarily intended to modify certain Medicare payment policies. The Proposed Rule contains several provisions that address the growing use of telehealth. CMS noted that it had received many suggestions regarding the expansion of access to telehealth as well as appropriate pay for the same, in response to its call for comments in the CY 2018 Medicare physician fee schedule (PFS) proposed rule.
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Senate Proposes Expanded Use of Telehealth
By Leslie Levinson & Robinson+Cole's Health Law Group on
On May 18, 2017, the Senate Finance Committee voted to move forward a bill entitled the Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic (CHRONIC) Care Act of 2017 (S870), which would increase access to telehealth services in the home.
Telehealth is the use of electronic information and telecommunications technology to support remote clinical healthcare, patient and professional health related education and other healthcare delivery functions.
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