Medicare Telehealth Interstate Framework, Regulations, Licensure, and HIPAA Pre and Post-COVID-19

Published: Thu, 12/16/21

TMT Newly Published Original Research

The November 2021 issue of Telehealth and Medicine Today (TMT) presents readers with original research, reviews and a chorus of growing opinions for change and regulation post pandemic.

Medicare Telehealth Interstate Framework, Regulations, Licensure, and HIPAA Pre and Post-COVID-19
Sophia Albanese et al

The COVID-19 pandemic led to temporary relaxations for telehealth with respect to physician licensure, geographic location, and eligible sites for reimbursement in the USA. Earlier policies had impacted the rate of adoption of telehealth and retarded the ability to derive full benefits related to cost, access to care, and quality of care. This aspect is analyzed Medicare fee-for-service codes and rates for 10 telemedicine services.

Based on the analysis of data, additional research, and literature review, this report describes how interstate practices can be better leveraged to achieve maximum potential for direct and indirect savings that can accrue through pragmatic approaches for certain services.

The interstate collaborations proposed in the article provide examples of broader telehealth policies that could foster increased access to quality health care for Medicare beneficiaries and potentially be used as insights to assist federal and state agencies as they review continuation, cessation, or modifications of relaxations granted due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Read the complete article at DOI: https://doi.org/10.30953/tmt.v6.299

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