When the COVID-19 pandemic began and it became clear telehealth would be necessary for physicians and nurses to treat patients remotely, CMS boosted rates for telehealth visits so they matched rates for in-clinic visits and would sustain providers during the pandemic.
CMS also relaxed its guidelines about the type of telehealth visits it would cover, making them accessible to nearly all beneficiaries and situations. Health systems pivoted to virtual visits for primary care and non-emergent visits as well as check-ins for patients with chronic conditions. Private payers followed suit and many updated their coverage guidelines and rates through this summer.
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Finding having Medicare under this loathing person is not good. Are her changes what she is instilling of the Obamahealthcare Act? My health insurance has gone up over $200 yearly under her management….. she calls this changes of good? Guess she has no idea just as all the others of government who get us to pay for their insurance choices of what it feels like to be “taken” and “screwed”!!! And….. not only rise in cost to payees but, less care for you. This is not the only piece of crap of cost rising …. my RX has also risen!!! No explanations!!! Just do what I want to bring down costs and look good!!! No matter you idiots have the audacity to “hand out medicare to anyone and never had to put a nickel into it”!!! May you rot in hell!!!!