[TAO] CMS fact sheet and a toolkit for Long Term Care

[Catherine Britain]

Here is a well organized fact sheet from CMS regarding *Medicare coverage
and payment of virtual services.  *Specific information is provided for
Medicare Telehealth Visits, Virtual Check-ins, and E-visits.
https://www.cms.gov/newsroom/fact-sheets/medicare-telemedicine-health-care-provider-fact-sheet


*Long-Term Care Nursing Homes Telehealth and Telemedicine Tool Kit*

CMS recently issued an electronic toolkit regarding telehealth and
telemedicine for Long Term Care Nursing Home Facilities. Under President
Trump’s leadership to respond to the need to limit the spread of community
COVID-19, CMS has broadened access to Medicare telehealth services so that
beneficiaries can receive a wider range of services from their doctors
without having to travel to a healthcare facility. This document contains
electronic links to reliable sources of information regarding telehealth
and telemedicine, including the significant changes made by CMS over the
last week in response to the National Health Emergency.  Most of the
information is directed towards providers who may want to establish a
permanent telemedicine program, but there is information here that will
help in the temporary deployment of a telemedicine program as well. There
are specific documents identified that will be useful in choosing
telemedicine vendors, equipment, and software, initiating a telemedicine
program, monitoring patients remotely, and developing documentation
tools. There is also information that will be useful for providers who
intend to care for patients through electronic virtual services that may be
temporarily used during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Toolkit
<https://www.cms.gov/files/document/covid-19-nursing-home-telehealth-toolkit.pdf>
I think this is all for today😁
Cathy

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Catherine S. Britain, Executive Director
Telehealth Alliance of Oregon
csbritain at gmail.com
541-910-7366
www.ortelehealth.org
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