The Alliance for Connected Care submitted comments on the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Proposed Rule for calendar year (CY) 2024, which includes several important reforms with respect to telehealth. The Alliance emphasized the following overarching priorities: The Alliance appreciates and supports the proposal from CMS to pay claims billed with POS 10 [...]
FAIR Health: Nationwide Telehealth Use Held Steady in June According to Fair Health's Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker, telehealth sessions comprised 5.4 percent of claim lines in June, the same amount as the prior month. Mental health conditions continued to top the list of Fair Health’s five most common telehealth diagnoses for June. The median allowed amount [...]
Health Affairs: A Study Of Patients’ Experiences Selecting Telehealth Versus In-Person Care Approximately one-third of behavioral health patients seeking therapy or medication visits said their clinicians did not offer both telehealth and in-person care. The study conducted by RAND Corporation found that 45 percent of behavioral health patients did not believe their clinicians considered their preferences for [...]
This update includes: House Budget Committee Launches Health Care Task Force Introduction of telehealth legislation USDA funding for broadband and notable research and news developments