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CY 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule: Big Strides for Behavioral Health

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On November 2, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) filed its Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) final rule (Final Rule) for calendar year (CY) 2023. CMS finalized several noteworthy updates specific to...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Audio Telehealth Services Post-Pandemic—An Update on Emerging Policy Trends

As highlighted in our September 2020 article, “Frequently Asked Questions: Telephonic Services as a Form of Telehealth,” in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, federal and state policy makers have significantly increased...more

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Top Five New Telehealth Policies in Medicare 2021 in Physician Fee Schedule

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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) just released its 2021 Final Rule (Physician Fee Schedule), with telehealth policy changes and a list of new services covered under Medicare. Actions taken by CMS during...more

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Time for a Checkup: Recent Federal Efforts Regarding Telehealth - Part I

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The public health emergency (PHE) for COVID-19 has brought about many changes to the way healthcare is practiced, delivered, and reimbursed. This article will discuss some of the major recent changes to telehealth on the...more

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CMS Releases Proposed 2021 Physician Fee Schedule

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On August 3, 2020, CMS issued a proposed rule which updates payment policies, payment rates, and other provisions for services furnished under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) on or after January 1, 2021 (the...more

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CMS Takes a Preliminary Step to Make Certain COVID-19 Waivers Permanent

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On August 4, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a proposed rule to update its payment policies under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) for calendar year 2021. The proposed rule was...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

COVID-19 Update: Reimbursement issues – Who is picking up the tab for coronavirus testing?

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Insurance coverage - In a statement on March 6, 2020, the Board of Directors for America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) announced that insurers are voluntarily covering the diagnostic testing of COVID-19 (coronavirus)...more

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2019 Physician Fee Schedule Rule Review: CMS Recognizes “Virtual Check-Ins” and “Store and Forward” Remote Service Offerings

On November 1, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a final rule that updated payment policies and rates under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS). This rule also formalized two types of remote...more

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Medicare Proposes (and Rejects) New Telehealth Services for 2019

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The telemedicine industry was pleased to learn CMS recently proposed adding new services to its list of Medicare-covered telehealth services. But what may be more interesting are the services CMS declined to add, and why....more

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