Medicare Changes Made Permanent
- Video: Telehealth Policy Update including the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (HR 133) (Feb. 2021, CCHP) Slide deck here
- Medicare Learning Network (MLN) Matters Article: Summary of Policies in the Calendar Year 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule, Telehealth Originating Site Facility Fee Payment Amount and Telehealth Services List, CT Modifier Reduction List, and Preventative Services List (Effective Date Jan. 1, 2021, CMS)
- CMS Final CY 2021 Rule for Home Health - makes permanent several temporary changes: home health agencies can use remote patient monitoring or other services furnished via a telecommunications system or audio-only with certain conditions and restrictions. (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Nov. 4, 2020)
- 2021 Annual Update to the Therapy Code List (Effective Date Jan. 1, 2021, CMS)
- Article: A Breakdown of 14 Recent CMS Actions (Jan. 15, 2021, Becker's Hospital CFO Report)
CMS Physician Fee Schedule for Calendar Year 2021
- Video: Telehealth Policy Update including the 2021 Physician Fee Schedule (Feb. 2021, CCHP) Slide deck here
- Final Rule and Interim Final Rule; Correction (document correcting technical errors in Final Rule that appeared in the Dec. 28, 2020, Federal Register) (Jan. 19, 2021, Federal Register)
- Fact Sheet: Finalized CY 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (Dec. 2020, Center for Connected Health Policy - CCHP)
- Fact Sheet: Final Policy, Payment, and Quality Provisions Changes to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for Calendar Year 2021 (Dec. 1, 2020, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Policly - CMS)
- Regulation: CMS Physican Fee Schedule Final Rule (Dec. 2, 2020, CMS)
- Article: Top Five New Telehealth Policies in Medicare 2021 in Physician Fee Schedule (Dec. 2, 2020, Foley & Lardner LLP)
- Article: Final Physician Rule Changes Supervision, Adds Telehealth Codes, Some Permanently (Dec. 8, 2020 JDSUPRA)
- Article: 2021 Medicare Remote Patient Monitoring FAQs: CMS Issues Final Rule (Dec. 7, 2020, Foley & Lardner LLP)
Other Resources on Making Telehealth Expansions Permanent
- Final Report: Remote Healthcare Recommendations for Policymakers (Sept. 15, 2020, Taskforce on Telehealth Policy)
- Factsheet: Making Telehealth Flexibilities Permanent: Legislation or Regulation? (American Hospital Association, June 2020)
- Federal COVID-19 Emergency Actions & Changes Needed to Make Permanent (Center for Connected Health Policy, May 29, 2020)
- State Telehealth Legislative Tracker (Center for Connected Health Policy)
- Federal Telehealth Legislative Tracker (Alliance for Connected Care)
- HHS, FCC and USDA Launch Joint Rural Health Initiative (August 31, 2020, HHS Memorandum of Understanding)
- HHS Focuses on Telehealth and Tech Innovations in Rural Action Plan (Sept. 4, 2020, HIMSS)
- Telehealth Flexibilities During the COVID-19 Pandemic and the ATA's Recommendations for Permanent Policy (American Telemedicine Association, last updated 8/26/2020)