List of telehealth services for calendar year 2025 (zip) On february 13, 2023, the centers for medicare and medicaid services (cms) published the revised list of telehealth services for calendar year (cy) 2023 (list) The list includes the services that are payable under the medicare physician fee schedule when furnished via telehealth. While the 2023 caa decouples the extension of many telehealth flexibilities from the phe and provides extended coverage through december 31, 2024, other telehealth policies remain tied to the phe and will expire if additional legislative or regulatory action is not taken. Cms published the updated version feb The new list reflects the waiver extension that was included in the consolidated appropriations act (caa) of 2023
In cy 2023, cms added five codes to the medicare telehealth list under category 1 (see table 13, p 69459 of the final rule) and 54 codes under category 3 (see table 12, p 69458 of the final rule). A summary of the major changes is listed below Conversion factor cms finalized a cy 2023 medicare Conversion factor (cf) of $33.06, a decrease of $1.55 from the 2022 cf rate of $34.6062
Cms may add services to the medicare telehealth services list on a category 2 basis if there is evidence of clinical benefit when the services are provided through telehealth Cms has also established a category 3, under which it may temporarily add services to the medicare telehealth services list. Telehealth services t their eventual inclusion as permanent additions to the medicare telehealth services list We are proposing to extend the duration of time that services are temporarily included on the telehealth services list during the phe, but are not included on a category i, ii, or iii basis for a period of 151 days following
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