Telemedicine

[Jordan11]

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Section 2207.

https://www.congress.gov/119/bills/hr1968/BILLS-119hr1968ih.pdf

Extends through September.

Thank you!

 

[Pain Applicant1]

Why would they even consider not making this permanent? In the gov's own words:

"Telehealth can increase access to health care in rural communities."

Why would you not want to increase access to health care in rural communities?

Rural health​

Telehealth can increase access to health care in rural communities. To support access to care, telehealth policies allow:

 

[MD87]

Just received an email from my employer that Medicare still allows the regular office code + 95 modifier but commercial payers are using new codes (98000-98007 and 99417) for audio-video telemed.
Have any of you been using these? Any clue how they reimburse compared to regular office codes?

 

[mdo1738]

Just received an email from my employer that Medicare still allows the regular office code + 95 modifier but commercial payers are using new codes (98000-98007 and 99417) for audio-video telemed.
Have any of you been using these? Any clue how they reimburse compared to regular office codes?

I’ve started using the 980- codes, they have the exact same RVU value as the corresponding 9921- office codes. I mainly use 98006 which is 1.92 RVU, just like 99214.

 

[Gauss]

Why would they even consider not making this permanent? In the gov's own words:

"Telehealth can increase access to health care in rural communities."

Why would you not want to increase access to health care in rural communities?

Rural health​

Telehealth can increase access to health care in rural communities. To support access to care, telehealth policies allow:

It looks like it's tied to the timeline of the CR so it must be budget related? I would guess that CMS could make it permanent