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Give staff a list of the audio-only telehealth services that are covered by the three-month waiver extension as you head into the new year.
 
 
Here’s a prediction that might come true before the next issue of Part B News hits your inbox: Congress will extend the CMS telehealth waivers that are set to expire at midnight, Dec. 31.
 
Check your payments for telehealth services reported with place of service 10 (Telehealth provided in patient’s home) after Jan. 1, 2024. If your MAC paid the facility rate that’s a big mistake.
Practices that perform telehealth services on platforms that are not HIPAA secure have a few hours to switch to a secure platform or stop performing real-time audio/visual telehealth services. The HHS Office for Civil Rights’, enforcement discretion that allowed telehealth via certain platforms that don’t meet HIPAA’s strict standards is set to end at 11:59 p.m. tonight.
The COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) will end tonight at 11:59 p.m. But 14 waivers that impact medical practices and their patients will remain in effect when the clock strikes midnight on May 12.

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