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for the purpose of furnishing telehealth
services related to the individual’s
ESRD, and 3) the provision of the
telehealth technologies meets any
other requirements set forth in Centers
for Medicare and Medicaid Services
(CMS) regulations.
4. Medicare Advantage Plans
Can Finally Include Telehealth
Services as a Basic Benefit
The bill gives Medicare Advantage
plans the ability to offer telehealth
services as part of their basic benefit
package (i.e., as if the telehealth
services were benefits under the original
Medicare fee-for-service program
option). But exactly what telehealth
services will qualify as a “basic benefit”
is not fully defined.
5. The Patient’s Home is an
Eligible Originating Site for
Accountable Care Organizations
Beginning January 1, 2020,
the patient’s home qualifies as an
eligible originating site for telehealth
professional services provided by a
physician or practitioner participating
in certain Accountable Care
Organizations,
unless CMS
deems a service
inappropriate to
furnish in the home
setting. As with
many of the other
changes introduced
by the new law, the
patient’s home is
not eligible for a
facility fee.
Healthcare Section Luncheon
on may 14, the Healthcare Law Section held their popular annual Florida Healthcare
Legislative update. the speakers erin Smith aebel and dipa Shah with Shumaker Loop &
kendrick, LLp discussed various topics, including medical marijuana and mental health.
thank you to the attendees who braved the rain to participate!
thank you also to the luncheon sponsor:
Author: Thomas
(T.J.) Ferrante
& Jacqueline N.
Acosta – Foley &
Lardner LLP
SUMMER 2018
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