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CY 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule: Extending Telehealth Flexibilities and Seeking Future Policy Input

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CMS recently released the CY 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Proposed Rule (Proposed Rule), which included many noteworthy proposals and clarifications related to Medicare telehealth services and other remote...more

Morgan Lewis - Health Law Scan

Saved by the Bell? Telehealth Remains Largely Intact When PHE Ends

Healthcare providers are scrambling to understand the impacts of the May 11 expiration of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE). Luckily for most telehealth providers, the outlook of their operations post-PHE is...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Two Weeks’ Notice for the Public Health Emergency: What’s Next for Telehealth

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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced its plan to end the Federal Public Health Emergency (PHE) for COVID-19 on May 11, 2023. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, emergency declarations, legislation, and...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

CMS Updates List of Telehealth Services for CY 2023

On February 13, 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published the revised List of Telehealth Services for Calendar Year (CY) 2023 (List). The List includes the services that are payable under the...more

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Telemedicine Consequences Resulting from the End of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency on May 11, 2023

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On January 30, 2023, the White House issued a statement that the Biden Administration will end the COVID-19 public health emergency on May 11, 2023. President Biden confirmed this event during the February 7, 2023, State of...more

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Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 Extends Telehealth Waivers

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On 29 December 2022, President Biden signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 (the Act), allocating US$1.7 trillion in government spending. The Act contains hundreds of pages of legislation on a myriad of...more

Stoel Rives - Health Law Insider®

Telehealth Safe Harbor Extended

High deductible health plan (“HDHP”) sponsors take note: the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2023 (“CAA23”) temporarily extends the flexibility for HDHPs to provide pre-deductible coverage of telehealth services without...more

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OIG Provides Insight as to Risky Billing Practices for Medicare Telehealth Services

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​​​​​​​As part of the Federal government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the coverage of telehealth services by Medicare was greatly expanded by CMS through the COVID-19 telehealth waivers. Further expansion of...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Telehealth Coverage Reinstated for HDHP/HSAs Effective April 1, 2022

The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022 (“2022 CAA”), which was recently signed into law, reinstates the exception that allows high deductible health plans (“HDHPs”) to waive all or a portion of participant cost-sharing...more

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U.S. Federal Actions Support Continued Telehealth Services for Medicare Beneficiaries

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On March 15, 2022, President Biden signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (the "Act"), extending certain Medicare telehealth reimbursement flexibilities for 151 days following the end of the declared...more

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Telehealth Policy Update

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There have been several significant developments with regard to Federal government telehealth policy. These include the recently enacted appropriations bill funding the Federal government for the balance of the fiscal year, a...more

Stinson - Benefits Notes Blog

Temporary Extension of CARES Act Telehealth/HSA Relief Available

On March 15, 2022, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022 (“2022 CAA”) was signed into law. Among other things, the 2022 CAA temporarily restores the telehealth relief provided under the CARES Act. The CARES Act...more

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Congress Extends Telehealth Coverage

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The President and Congress extended Medicare telehealth coverage in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, which also included additional Ukrainian relief. On Tuesday, March 15, 2022, President Biden signed the Consolidated...more

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Telemedicine Providers Take Note – The No Surprises Act Is Effective January 1, 2022

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On December 27, 2020, the No Surprises Act was signed into law as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021. In July and October 2021, respectively, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of...more

Morgan Lewis - Health Law Scan

August Fast Break Recap – CMS Telehealth and RPM Updates

We hosted a very informative Fast Break session last month on CMS telehealth and RPM updates. If you weren't able to join us, the session was led by healthcare litigation associates Jake Harper and Tesch West, with special...more

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The FCC's COVID-19 Telehealth Program Round 2 Application Window is About to Open for a Narrow One-Week Timeframe

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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that it will accept applications for Round 2 of the COVID-19 Telehealth Program (the Program) from 12:00 p.m. ET Thursday, April 29 to 12:00 p.m. ET Thursday, May 6, 2021....more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

FCC to Award Additional $249+ Million in Funding for COVID-19 Telehealth Program

On March 29, 2021, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or “Commission”) adopted an Order establishing rules and procedures for Round 2 of the COVID-19 Telehealth Program (the “Program”) to continue supporting...more

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Is This the Worst Medicare Telehealth Law of 2020?

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The Public Health Emergency introduced a myriad of changes to federal and state telemedicine and digital health laws and rules. There were expansions to telehealth coverage and reimbursement, suspension of enforcement on...more

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