Tag: Reduce Medicare spending
Congress seeks to eliminate barriers to telehealth
February 5, 2016HME News Staff
WASHINGTON - The Senate introduced a bill Feb. 2 that would lay the groundwork to expand Medicare reimbursement for telehealth services, according to Bloomberg. The bill, S. 2484, would create a program that would waive for participating providers Medicare's requirements that telehealth services occur at a qualified site and other restrictions. The House of Representatives introduced an identical bill Feb. 3. The “bridge program” would require participating providers to submit annual...
