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Medicare Payment Rules for FY 2015 Have Health IT Implications - iHealthBeat 

Monday, November 3, 2014



CMS' final regulations for its fiscal year 2015 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule -- which were released on Friday -- include several health IT-related changes, The Hill reports (Viebeck, The Hill, 10/31).



Telehealth Coverage Expansion

Under the final rules, Medicare beginning Jan. 1, 2015, will expand its covered telehealth services to include wellness and behavioral health visits for beneficiaries.

In addition, the rules will allow physicians to bill Medicare $40 per patient per month for non-face-to-face chronic care management services for patients with more than one chronic condition (Evans, Modern Healthcare, 10/31).



CMS had proposed requiring providers to have certified electronic health records to be eligible to receive the separate chronic care management payment. However, providers expressed concern that EHRs currently are not interoperable enough to support chronic care management services.



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