Telehealth Services Proposed for Medicare Part B Reimbursements, 2018: Fact Sheet

Elliott, Victoria L.

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Medical care;    Medicare;    Communication in medicine;    Technology;    fact sheets;   

RP-ID  :  R45021
RP-ID  :  R45021_2017Nov15

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report discusses telehealth services covered under Medicare and describes the five conditions that a telehealth service must meet to be covered and paid for under Medicare Part B, provides an overview of how the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) adds telehealth services to Medicare's reimbursable list, and includes a table listing the proposed telehealth services to be added to the CY2018 list for Medicare reimbursement.