Tag: telehealth

NEW: DEA Temporarily Extends Flexibilities for Telehealth Prescribing

Yesterday, May 9, 2023, the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and the Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) issued a temporary rule that extends telemedicine flexibilities regarding prescription of controlled medications.  The goal of the rule is to ensure a smooth transition for patients and practitioners that have come to rely on the availability…

Update on DEA Proposed Rule on Telemedicine Prescribing

In late February 2023 (see NAHC Report), the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) proposed a rule intended to govern the prescribing of controlled substances via telemedicine for application at the end of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE). The proposed rule focuses on prescribing of a controlled substance via telemedicine consultation by a medical practitioner when no in-person…

Preparing For the End of the COVID-19 PHE

The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) which began in early 2020 will come to an end on May 11, 2023.  Throughout the PHE various waivers, regulations, enforcement discretion, and sub-regulatory guidance were utilized to ensure access to care and give health care providers the flexibilities needed to respond to the PHE. Some of these flexibilities…

DEA Proposes Rules to Govern Post-PHE Prescribing of Controlled Substances via “Telehealth”

On Friday, February 24, 2023, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) released proposed rules intended to govern the prescribing of controlled substances via telemedicine for application at the end of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE).  The proposed rule — — Telemedicine Prescribing of Controlled Substances When the Practitioner and the Patient Have Not Had a…

CMS Clarifies Telehealth Reporting on Home Health Claims

The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) has received clarification from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding a several issues concerning submitting claims with the new G-codes for telehealth encounters. CMS has indicated that they do not want home health agencies (HHAs) to submit a claim if the only services…

Telehealth Strategies for the Future

Tuesday, February 21 , 2023 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET Free to NAHC members! REGISTER NOW Telehealth has expanded rapidly across the health care continuum. When the patient is at the center of implementation and ongoing workflow, benefits of telehealth programs can create connectedness and optimization of health care resources. This program will explore…

Reminder: Home Health Telehealth G-Codes

This month home health agencies can begin voluntarily reporting the three new codes for telehealth services that were finalized as part of the CY 2023 Home Health Proposed Payment System final rule.  Reporting becomes mandatory July 1, 2023. Since there is not a payment tied to the new codes, agencies may be asking what the…

Telehealth Strategies for the Future

Wednesday, December 7 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Eastern REGISTER Telehealth has expanded rapidly across the health care continuum. When the patient is at the center of implementation and ongoing workflow, benefits of telehealth programs can create connectedness and optimization of health care resources. This program will explore real-life examples of telehealth as well as…

CMS Issues Telecommunications G-Codes for Home Health Reporting

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued Change Request 12805 that creates new G-codes for reporting home health services furnished by telehealth and to revise Original Medicare systems to process them without affecting payment to the home health agencies (HHAs). In the CY 2023 Home Health Proposed Payment System final rule, CMS…

NAHC to Senate: Make Telehealth Access Permanent

The National Association for Home Care & Hospice has joined other health care stakeholders in writing a letter to leaders in both parties in the United States Senate, urging them to make permanent the current telehealth flexibilties created to deal with the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE). Expanded access to telehealth durng the PHE has…