by Rabab Asim | Jan 28, 2021 | CMS, Uncategorized
In December, U.S. Congressman Jason Smith introduced the Permanency of Audio-Only Telehealth Act. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service (CMS) will be obliged to continue to reimburse certain audio-only telehealth visits. The TBHI also published a blog...
by Rabab Asim | Dec 8, 2020 | CMS, CPT Codes
In the most significant telehealth reimbursement advance to date, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have released an early version of the 2021 Physician Fee Schedule. While the current document is still missing information at this point, the...
by Marlene Maheu, Ph. D | Dec 7, 2020 | CMS
On December 1, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the annual Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) final rule for 2021. Key sections of the CMS announcement of relevance to the telebehavioral health community are introduced and posted verbatim below....
by Marlene Maheu, Ph. D | Nov 14, 2020 | CMS
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is once again announced expanded telehealth coverage to assist with the pandemic. On October 14th, CMS announced that it is adding 11 new reimbursable services to the approved telehealth services list, bringing the...
by Marlene Maheu, Ph. D | Aug 7, 2020 | CMS
On July 30, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are announcing that payment is available to Medicare providers for counseling patients to self-isolate after they are tested and prior to the onset of...
by Marlene Maheu, Ph. D | Jul 26, 2020 | CMS, COVID-19, CPT Codes, HIPAA, Licensure
Telehealth’s future depends on how Congress will deal with telehealth after COVID. At a recent hearing of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (the HELP Committee), Senators and healthcare experts supported proposals to promote health...
