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Senators call for CMS to provide plan for telehealth changes

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Senators call for CMS to provide plan for telehealth changes Healthcare IT News A bipartisan group of 38 senators released an open letter on Friday, asking U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma to provide a written plan for permanent changes to Medicare, Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program rules around telehealth. "We are hearing from patients and providers who are concerned about when Medicare’s temporary changes to telehealth rules will be rolled back and whether they will receive any advance notice," wrote the senators, led by Sens. Tina Smith, D-Minn., and Bill Cassidy, R-La. READ MORE

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