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Telehealth Codes Coming Too Slowly

Published on Fri Sep 16, 2022

Medicare needs to get with the program and create procedure codes for hospices to bill telehealth visits. So say 17 hospice and telehealth-related organizations in a Sept. 12 letter to Congress. Congress needs “to require [the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services] to develop and implement Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) codes or modifiers for telehealth visits and add [...]
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