Payment by Medicare for Telemedicine

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

42 CFR Parts 410 and 414

[HCFA-1906-P]RIN 0938-AI44

Medicare Program; Payment for Teleconsultations in Rural Health

Professional Shortage Areas

AGENCY: Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA),

HHS.ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: This proposed rule would implement parts of section 4206 of the

Balanced Budget Act of 1997 by amending our regulations to provide for

payment for professional consultation by a physician and certain other

practitioners via interactive telecommunication systems. Payment may be

made if the physician or other practitioner is furnishing a service for

which payment may be made under Medicare to a beneficiary residing in a

rural area that is designated as a health professional shortage area. This

proposed rule would also establish a methodology for determining the amount

of payments made for the consultation.

R. Kovacek, MSA, PT

KovacekManagementServices, Inc.

The FOCUS Group, Inc.

20225 Danbury Lane

Harper Woods, MI 48225

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