CMS has finalized its 2022 Physician Fee Schedule. Within the regulations that must comply for federal laws there is a step backwards for Medicare and telehealth access even though the patient’s home remains an originating site, which is keeping the regulation change during the pandemic. Telehealth is defined in § 410.78 Telehealth services and includes […]
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CMS is implementing changes from the 2021 Consolidated Appropriations Act to cover the home as the originating site for telehealth services for diagnosis, evaluation, or treatment of a mental health disorder. This expands coverage that was already permitted in the treatment of substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health disorders via telehealth. The major setback is
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The role of behavioral health in the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis cannot be overstated. This is not a Chicken Little story – the sky is falling – it is more like the Goldilocks story, where we find the “just right” amount of fear. The right amount is healthy! Finding that right amount of fear is compounded
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