Today, The Trump Administration announced expanded Medicare telehealth
coverage that will enable beneficiaries to receive a wider range of healthcare
services from their doctors without having to travel to a healthcare facility.
Beginning on March 6, 2020, Medicare—administered by the Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)—will temporarily pay clinicians to provide
telehealth services for beneficiaries residing across the entire country.
To read the Fact Sheet on this announcement visit:
https://www.cms.gov/newsroom/fact-sheets/medicare-telemedicine-health-
care-provider-fact-sheet
To read the Frequently Asked Questions on this announcement visit:
https://www.cms.gov/files/document/medicare-telehealth-frequently-asked-
questions-faqs-31720.pdf
This guidance, and earlier CMS actions in response to the COVID-19 virus, are
part of the ongoing White House Task Force efforts. To keep up with the
important work the Task Force is doing in response to COVID-19 click here
Coronavirus.gov. For information specific to CMS, please visit the Current
Emergencies Website.
March 17, 2020
As a companion piece to the earlier released Medicare Telehealth Guidance, the Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid services today released Medicaid Telehealth Guidance to states. You can find
a copy of the guidance here: https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/benefits/downloads/medicaid-
telehealth-services.pdf
Additionally, you can find the homepage for general Medicaid Telehealth Guidance here:
https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/benefits/telemedicine/index.html
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