BC Advantage - 2020 Issue 3

Physicians Assistants and Telehealth/Telemedicine

There has been much discussion over the past several days that CMS omitted PAs from Telehealth/Telemedicine service because they were not qualified to render the services. But it appears that guidance is wrong.Here is CMS' Language from the other day: "A range of providers, such as doctors, nurse practitioners, clinical psychologists, and licensed clinical social workers, will be able to offer telehealth to their patients." This says a "range of providers, such as..." not that the types of providers are limited to the ones listed above.This is why it is so critical to pay close...

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