by Romaisa Asim | Apr 5, 2021 | Medicare, Telehealth Reimbursement
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have dramatically expanded coverage and reimbursement of telehealth services. CMS aimed to make health care available to Medicare beneficiaries to keep both providers and...
by Kathy Judy | Mar 13, 2021 | Medicare, Telemedicine
Bill Advocates for Counselors and Marriage and Family Therapists to be on Medicare Panel On January 21, 2021, Mike Thompson-05) and Rep. John Kato (Ny-24) reintroduced the Mental Health Access Improvement Act. This bipartisan bill, which will amend title XVIII of the...
by Kathy Judy | Feb 23, 2021 | Medicare
New Medicare Law Requires In-Person Visit for Telehealth Coverage In December 2020, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2020, section 123 includes language that requires behavioral health providers to have seen their client in person during the prior six months...
by Marlene | Dec 22, 2020 | Legislation, Medicare
On Monday evening of 12/21/2020, the US Congress passed a $2.3 trillion appropriation bill that delivers $900 billion in new COVID-19 relief and $1.4 trillion to fund the federal government through September 30, 2021. The Omnibus Appropriations and Coronavirus Relief...
