FEATURE · TELEHEALTH


Scott (R) of South Carolina] are on board, and understand that we need to elimi- nate arcane regulations, offers evidence. Certainly yes, at the federal level, they are aware. And yes, you have to ben eternal optimist to be in my seat, and I am that.


Will the higher facility rate of payment be maintained, and should it be?


On the one hand, the changes in reim- bursement did help accelerate adoption by clinicians, no question about that. But there is also now a whole cadre of provid- ers that will do this because it’s the best way to reach patients. You see managed care plans like Humana and United doing this, and Kaiser is doing it. So I think that reimbursement is obviously an issue. We don’t get into pricing activities between private parties, nor should we; but we also know that because consumers have benefited from this, it’s going to continue to be a drumbeat. And remote monitoring has really, really accelerated.


When you look at the next five years, what do you see happening on policy and industry levels? On the industry level, we’re going to see a lot more innovation. Our four-hundred


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members—we have companies that are providing tech space or interactions that they make available; we have companies doing remote monitoring, decentralized clinical trials, artificial intelligence, virtual reality—so, the definition of telehealth is much broader than it had been historically. And our mission will continue to involve helping Americans understand that this is an essential modality. As it relates to policy, there’s been a tsunami of bills and legislative activity at the federal and state levels. And we’ve been absolutely vigilant about staying on top of that.


Is there anything you’d like to add? I just think it’s really important for people to understand that we need to get rid of 1834M; we need to do that, including restrictions around the originating site of care. That’s why the Connect Act is so important. It’s a very bipartisan issue; so shame on us if we don’t. [Per 1834(m), the American Hospital Association published a whitepaper to its website on March 17, 2020, explaining the context of the set of regulations that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services relaxed during that week: “Payment for Medicare Telehealth Services. CMS granted an expanded


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Section 1135 waiver, under which Medicare will pay for office, hospital, and other visits furnished via telehealth across all areas of the country and in all settings, including in patients’ homes, starting March 6, 2020 and for the duration of the COVID-19 public health emergency. This operationalizes the waiver of the originating and geographic site restrictions on telehealth services that are codified in Section 1834(m) of the Social Security Act (the Act). Medicare consid- ers these telehealth services the same as in-person visits and will pay for them at the same rate as regular, in-person visits. Telehealth flexibilities include:


• Waivers of originating and geograph- ic site restrictions on Medicare telehealth services, permitting the delivery of these services in all areas of the country and all locations, including patients’ homes. • The ability of providers to use ex- panded telehealth authority for new and established patients for diagnosis and treatment of COVID19, as well as for conditions unrelated to the pan- demic. • Permission for providers to use every- day communications technologies, such as FaceTime or Skype, during the CO- VID-19 public health emergency, without running afoul of HIPAA penalties.”] HI


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