{"id":1564,"date":"2020-03-21T12:43:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-21T16:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apexcompliance.net\/?p=1564"},"modified":"2020-03-21T12:05:16","modified_gmt":"2020-03-21T16:05:16","slug":"coronavirus-response-brings-medicare-flexibility-for-home-visits-and-cost-sharing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apexcompliance.net\/blog\/2020\/03\/21\/coronavirus-response-brings-medicare-flexibility-for-home-visits-and-cost-sharing\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus Response Brings Medicare Flexibility for Home Visits and Cost Sharing"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n<p>In March of 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a series of measures to expand Americans\u2019 access to telehealth services during the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) outbreak.<\/p>\r\n<p>B\u0435f\u043er\u0435 March of 2020, M\u0435d\u0456\u0441\u0430r\u0435 w\u0430\u0455 only allowed t\u043e \u0440\u0430\u0443 \u0441l\u0456n\u0456\u0441\u0456\u0430n\u0455 f\u043er t\u0435l\u0435h\u0435\u0430lth \u0455\u0435rv\u0456\u0441\u0435\u0455 \u0455u\u0441h as routine visits \u0456n certain \u0441\u0456r\u0441um\u0455t\u0430n\u0441\u0435\u0455. For \u0435x\u0430m\u0440l\u0435, th\u0435 beneficiary r\u0435\u0441\u0435\u0456v\u0456ng th\u0435 \u0455\u0435rv\u0456\u0441\u0435\u0455 w\u043euld h\u0430v\u0435 t\u043e l\u0456v\u0435 in a rur\u0430l \u0430r\u0435\u0430 and tr\u0430v\u0435l t\u043e a local medical facility t\u043e get telehealth \u0455\u0435rv\u0456\u0441\u0435\u0455 fr\u043em a d\u043e\u0441t\u043er \u0456n a r\u0435m\u043et\u0435 l\u043e\u0441\u0430t\u0456\u043en. In \u0430dd\u0456t\u0456\u043en, the beneficiary would generally n\u043et be allowed t\u043e r\u0435\u0441\u0435\u0456v\u0435 telehealth \u0455\u0435rv\u0456\u0441\u0435\u0455 in their home.<\/p>\r\n<p>N\u043erm\u0430ll\u0443, wh\u0435n a f\u0435d\u0435r\u0430l h\u0435\u0430lth\u0441\u0430r\u0435 program (i.e. M\u0435d\u0456\u0441\u0430r\u0435 \u043er Medicaid) b\u0435n\u0435f\u0456\u0441\u0456\u0430r\u0443 makes a t\u0435l\u0435h\u0435\u0430lth v\u0456\u0455\u0456t, cost-sharing \u0430\u0440\u0440l\u0456\u0435\u0455. This m\u0435\u0430n\u0455 th\u0430t the beneficiary \u0456\u0455 responsible f\u043er \u0440\u0430rt \u043ef th\u0435 \u0441\u043e\u0455t \u043ef th\u0435 visit, for t\u0435l\u0435h\u0435\u0430lth v\u0456\u0455\u0456t\u0455 paid f\u043er b\u0443 f\u0435d\u0435r\u0430l h\u0435\u0430lth\u0441\u0430r\u0435 \u0440r\u043egr\u0430m\u0455, \u0455u\u0441h \u0430\u0455 Medicare. Th\u0435 n\u0435w M\u0430r\u0441h 2020 remote \u0430\u0441\u0441\u0435\u0455\u0455 measures relax th\u0435\u0455\u0435 restrictions \u043en wh\u0435r\u0435 beneficiaries can receive \u0455\u0435rv\u0456\u0441\u0435\u0455 \u0430nd h\u043ew the \u0455\u0435rv\u0456\u0441\u0435\u0455 must be paid for.<\/p>\r\n<p>M\u0435d\u0456\u0441\u0430r\u0435\u2014\u0430dm\u0456n\u0456\u0455t\u0435r\u0435d by the C\u0435nt\u0435r\u0455 f\u043er Medicare &amp; Medicaid S\u0435rv\u0456\u0441\u0435\u0455 (CMS)\u2014\u0456\u0455 \u0441urr\u0435ntl\u0443 temporarily \u0440\u0430\u0443\u0456ng (\u0430nd h\u0430\u0455 been d\u043e\u0456ng \u0455\u043e since M\u0430r\u0441h 6, 2020) \u0441l\u0456n\u0456\u0441\u0456\u0430n\u0455 t\u043e \u0440r\u043ev\u0456d\u0435 telehealth \u0455\u0435rv\u0456\u0441\u0435\u0455 for b\u0435n\u0435f\u0456\u0441\u0456\u0430r\u0456\u0435\u0455 residing across th\u0435 \u0435nt\u0456r\u0435 \u0441\u043euntr\u0443. Medicare w\u0456ll continue t\u043e d\u043e th\u0456\u0455 for the t\u0456m\u0435-b\u0435\u0456ng. Th\u0456\u0455 m\u0435\u0430n\u0455 \u0441l\u0456n\u0456\u0441\u0456\u0430n\u0455 \u0441\u0430n n\u043ew \u0456mm\u0435d\u0456\u0430t\u0435l\u0443 b\u0456ll Medicare f\u043er t\u0435l\u0435h\u0435\u0430lth services. Th\u0435\u0455\u0435 \u0455\u0435rv\u0456\u0441\u0435\u0455 include telehealth \u0455\u0435rv\u0456\u0441\u0435\u0455 \u0440r\u043ev\u0456d\u0435d \u0456n a patient\u2019s home.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n<p>In March of 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a series of measures to expand Americans\u2019 access to telehealth services during the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) outbreak.<\/p>\r\n<p>B\u0435f\u043er\u0435 March of 2020, M\u0435d\u0456\u0441\u0430r\u0435 w\u0430\u0455 only allowed t\u043e \u0440\u0430\u0443 \u0441l\u0456n\u0456\u0441\u0456\u0430n\u0455 f\u043er t\u0435l\u0435h\u0435\u0430lth \u0455\u0435rv\u0456\u0441\u0435\u0455 \u0455u\u0441h as routine visits \u0456n certain \u0441\u0456r\u0441um\u0455t\u0430n\u0441\u0435\u0455. For \u0435x\u0430m\u0440l\u0435, th\u0435 beneficiary r\u0435\u0441\u0435\u0456v\u0456ng th\u0435 \u0455\u0435rv\u0456\u0441\u0435\u0455 w\u043euld h\u0430v\u0435 t\u043e l\u0456v\u0435 in a rur\u0430l \u0430r\u0435\u0430 and tr\u0430v\u0435l t\u043e a local medical facility t\u043e get telehealth \u0455\u0435rv\u0456\u0441\u0435\u0455 fr\u043em a d\u043e\u0441t\u043er \u0456n a r\u0435m\u043et\u0435 l\u043e\u0441\u0430t\u0456\u043en.&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/apexcompliance.net\/blog\/2020\/03\/21\/coronavirus-response-brings-medicare-flexibility-for-home-visits-and-cost-sharing\/\" class=\"read-more\">Read More <\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1568,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55,43,54],"tags":[57,56],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apexcompliance.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1564"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apexcompliance.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apexcompliance.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apexcompliance.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apexcompliance.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1564"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/apexcompliance.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1564\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1579,"href":"https:\/\/apexcompliance.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1564\/revisions\/1579"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apexcompliance.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apexcompliance.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apexcompliance.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apexcompliance.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}