Expansion of Medicare Telehealth Services for CY 2014
In the calendar year 2014 physician fee schedule final rule with comment period, CMS is finalizing a proposal to add 2 codes to the list of Medicare telehealth services. Additionally, CMS is finalizing a proposal to modify regulations describing eligible telehealth originating sites to include health professional shortage areas (HPSAs) located in rural census tracts of urban areas as determined by the Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP), effective January 1, 2014. Finally, CMS is finalizing a proposal to establish geographic eligibility for Medicare telehealth originating sites for each calendar year based upon the status of the area as of December 31st of the prior calendar year.
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: December 30, 2013
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