Despite significant roadblocks, the home health industry is getting closer to securing direct reimbursement for visits delivered via telehealth technology, industry insiders believe. Over the past two few months, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the White House have taken numerous steps to ramp up the use of telehealth services during the COVID-19 emergency. In doing so, federal policymakers hoped to minimize person-to-person contact and preserve stockpiles of personal protective equipment (PPE). But while certain health care practitioners and providers have been granted newfound telehealth flexibility under Medicare, home health agencies have largely been left to fend for themselves. Currently, there isn’t a way for home health providers to bill for in-home telehealth visits — or count remote visits toward low-utilization payment adjustment (LUPA) thresholds.
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Source: https://homehealthcarenews.com/2020/05/home-health-industry-getting-closer-to-reimbursement-for-telehealth-visits