SC Practical Solutions LLC

Specialized Healthcare Consulting Services

TELEHEALTH

Telehealth

Medicare Updated Telehealth Factsheet June 2023

CMS MLN FACT SHEET 


Temporary Extension of COVID-19 Telemedicine Flexibilities for Prescription of Controlled Medications

On May 9, 2023, ahead of the expiration of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE), the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) issued the “Temporary Extension of COVID-19 Telemedicine Flexibilities for Prescription of Controlled Medications” —a temporary rule that extends telemedicine flexibilities adopted during the COVID-19 PHE. 

LEARN MORE – FEDERAL REGISTER

LEARN MORE – US DEPT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


New HIPPA Telehealth Regulations in 2023  LEARN MORE 

Bottom Line: what does the May 11 end of HHS’s Telehealth HIPAA enforcement discretion mean?

Federal Register/Vol. 85. No. 77/Tuesday, April 21, 2020/Rules and Regulations

Under this Nonfiction, covered health care providers may use popular applications that allow for video chats, including Apple Face Time, Facebook Messenger video chat, Google Hangouts video, zoom, or Skype to provide telehealth without risk that OCR might seek to impose a penalty for noncompliance with the HIPAA Rules related to the good faith provision of telehealth during the COVID-19 nationwide public health emergency. 1.       Since March 2020, providers have been allowed to use non-HIPAA compliant video chat applications to deliver telehealth services

2.       On May 11, 2023 this policy of “enforcement discretion” will end & HHS’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) will resume enforcement of penalties on providers for noncompliance with HIPAA rules for telehealth technology use.

 


OCR is providing a 90-calendar day transition period for covered health care providers to come into compliance with the HIPAA Rules with respect to their provision of telehealth. The transition period will be in effect beginning on May 12, 2023 and will expire at 11:59 p.m. on August 9, 2023.   LEARN MORE


Telehealth policy changes after the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency  LEARN MORE 

Telemedicine Policy Post COVID-19 PHE – CCHP – Michigan  LEARN MORE


MLN Booklet – Telehealth Services  LEARN MORE 


CMS List of Telehealth Services   LEARN MORE


Medicare Telehealth Payment Eligibility Analyzer  Learn More