In the final rule, CMS rejected requests to make virtual direct supervision a permanent feature in Medicare. Therefore, virtual direct supervision will expire at the end of the calendar year in which the PHE ends. With the extension of the PHE through January 11, 2023, virtual direct supervisio...
The current end date of the PHE is October 15, 2022. However,another 90-day extension is expectedas HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra said he would give states and providers a 60-day notice before ending the PHE. Even though the PHE is likely to last into 2023, CMS has encou...
(FFS) medical review activities. Please visit the https://www.cms.gov/research-statistics-data-and-systems/monitoring-programs/medicare-ffs-compliance-programs/overview to stay up-to-date on Medicare FFS Compliance Programs, such as the RAC Program, and considerations surrounding the COVID-19 PHE...
The current emergency telehealth extension expires five months after the end of the Covid-19 public health emergency (PHE). As of today, that ends in October 2022. For any further extensions or permanent changes, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is required to seek them ...
New COVID-19 treatment add-on payments— CMS proposes extending these payments for eligible COVID-19 products through the end of the fiscal year in which the public health emergency (PHE) ends. Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments— There are three factors that go into determ...
CMS also clarified that beneficiaries who began receiving mental health telehealth services in their homes during the PHE or the 151-day period after the end of the PHE before the in-person visit requirements take effect do not need to have an in-person, non-telehealth service w...
"We note that, if the PHE were to expire on April 11, access would end 151 days after that date – in early September – creating a gap in coverage and what we believe would be an unintended barrier to accessing vital health care services," said Krista Drobac, Exec...
CMS proposes to clarify and modify its process for making changes to the Medicare Telehealth List. In previous years services were added on a Category 1, Category 2 or Category 3 basis. Now that the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) is over, CMS proposes to clarify and mo...
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