Telehealth Services
Change Request (CR) 9428: •Informs MACs that the list of telehealth services that were once available through the manual updates will now be displayed at http://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Medicare-General-Information/Telehealth/ on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) website.•Adds Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) to the list of Medicare practitioners who may bill for covered telehealth services. •Removes the telehealth language from Chapter 15, Section 270 of the “Medicare Benefit Policy Manual” and puts a reference in the text to see Chapter 12, Section 190 of the “Medicare Claims Processing Manual” for further information regarding telehealth service.
Final
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: March 15, 2016
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