Under the final rule, CMS also extended several regulatory telehealth waivers through 2025, including a waiver that allows virtual supervision for residents in teaching settings when services are provided virtually and a waiver for Federally Qualified Healthcare Centers and rural health facilitie...
He added that the rule could prompt congressional action sooner rather than later. If the final PFS rule comes before Congress acts on telehealth policy and includes these virtual care proposals, it could cause great confusion for virtual care stakeholders. Franco echoed Zebley, adding t...
CMS Proposes Update to Telehealth Rule, Expanding Coverage for Rural BeneficiariesDaubert, Todd
CMS issued an interim final rule on March 30 that provides some clarification for agencies dealing with the public health emergency. A few key points in the rule: CMS acknowledges that telehealth may be used in home health but that telehealth visits are not billable. In certain cases, a patie...
Among those policies is an expansion of telehealth services under the Physician Fee Schedule. If finalized, the rule would codify recently enacted legislation that removes some statutory restrictions on telehealth use for the diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment of mental health diso...
Some radiation oncologists may breathe a little easier for now because the CMS has decided not to cap certain freestanding radiation oncology reimbursements in its Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule.
(CMS) has announced new measures to enhance access to behavioral health services for Medicare beneficiaries and improve hospital price transparency as part of the final rule for the calendar year 2024 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center. The final rule also ...
In an interim final rule (CMS-5531-IFC, published at 85 Fed Reg 27550 on May 8, 2020) CMS used its special Pubic Health Emergency waiver authority under Section 1135(b) of the Social Security Act to authorize hospitals to provide care in “temporary expansion sites.” First, CMS waived ...
The 2024 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters final rule aims to enhance affordability, accessibility, and choice for consumers, strengthen consumer protections, improve program integrity, and support state innovation in implementing the Affordable Care Act. These goals are accomplished through the var...
As background, CMS formally updated its regulations surrounding the period of disallowance (or period of noncompliance) in the 2020 Final Rule intended to modernize and clarify the Stark Law regulations. In the 2020 Final Rule, CMS clarified its policy surrounding when a period of noncompliance ...