decisionhealth Newsletters, Part B News - 2020 Issue 12 (December)
Telehealth expands even more, but will mostly go away unless Congress acts
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Article Overview
This piece explains how CMS expanded telehealth and related communication-based services in a final rule, while also noting that many of those flexibilities are temporary unless Congress acts. It is aimed at coding, reimbursement, and practice-management readers who need to understand which broad categories of telehealth and remote-service guidance are changing and why the updates matter for post-PHE planning.
Why This Topic Matters
The article helps readers track CMS policy shifts that affect telehealth availability, billing workflows, and planning for the transition after the COVID-19 public health emergency. It is relevant for organizations that rely on virtual care, remote check-ins, or related Medicare services and need to anticipate future coverage changes.
Article Sections
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Telehealth
Overview of CMS’s final-rule updates to telehealth and related services during the public health emergency. The section discusses broad categories of services affected and the temporary nature of some flexibilities.
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Some codes stay
Discussion of remote communication-based services that may continue after the public health emergency. This section addresses the general policy distinction between telehealth rules and certain non-telehealth services.
What You Will Learn
- How CMS’s final rule changed telehealth-related service availability during the public health emergency
- Which broad categories of remote services were addressed in the update
- Why some communication-based services are treated differently from traditional telehealth
- What post-PHE planning considerations providers may need to think about
Who Should Read This
- Medical coders
- Billing and reimbursement staff
- Practice managers
- Compliance teams
- Telehealth program administrators
- Physicians and other clinicians
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