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CMS may eliminate most emergency codes for COVID-19 telehealth services

from mHealth Intelligence

CMS may eliminate most emergency codes for COVID-19 telehealth services mHealth Intelligence While Congress debates extending telehealth coverage and President Trump tries to compel it through an Executive Order, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is poised to eliminate most of the temporary codes created during the coronavirus pandemic to expand connected health. According to the proposed 2021 Physician Fee Schedule released last week, CMS is planning to keep nine codes added during the COVID-19 crisis and add 13 new codes. But 74 codes are slated to end when the public health emergency is over. READ MORE

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