News Report | July 23, 2020
Medicare Proposes Allowing Continued Use Of Telehealth For Home Health Provider Organizations After COVID-19 Emergency Ends
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is preparing to allow Medicare home health provider organizations to continue using telehealth to provide home health services as they have been under relaxed regulations due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) public health emergency. The goal is to give home health provider organizations predictability in their service delivery options, and to ensure that Medicare beneficiaries continue to have access to the latest treatment technologies.
These proposed changes are among the first flexibilities provided during the COVID-19 public health emergency that CMS is proposing to make a permanent part of . . .