Medicare Advantage Proposed Rule Expands Telehealth Benefits
October 31, 2018 A proposed rule issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) would expand telemedicine services for Medicare Advantage (MA) plan enrollees while enhancing the methods used to scrutinize MA program integrity. Among other things, the proposals would implement provisions of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, which enables MA to expand telehealth benefits for beneficiaries beginning in 2020 and to treat these services as basic benefits for payment by CMS. If approved, the proposal would…