tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2014 Issue 21

Telemedicine: Major Telehealth Parity Legislation Continues to Percolate in Congress

21st Century Cures initiative may be the path to becoming a law. The Medicare Telehealth Parity Act (HR 5380) made headlines last July. If passed, it would open huge doors of reimbursement opportunity for Medicare providers.  Over the course of four years, this bill would gradually expand telehealth coverage from the current rural limitation to all areas. In addition, the bill would phase in more sites where telemedicine could be reimbursed, add remote patient management services for select cases, cover store-and-forward technology, and allow more practitioners to be reimbursed for telehealth services. For more information on the bill...

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