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Bookmark or Share- What is telehealth? - American Medical AssociationTelehealth in practice. In the March 18, 2021, edition of the “AMA COVID-19 Update,” physicians discussed “The Telehealth Initiative,” a collaboration between the AMA, The Physicians Foundation, and several state medical associations, which supports physician practices in adopting and adapting to telehealth.
- 7 ways telehealth is reshaping medicine for the betterSupporting telehealth is an essential component of the AMA Recovery Plan for America’s Physicians. Telehealth is critical to the future of health care, which is why the AMA continues to lead the charge to aggressively expand telehealth policy, research and resources to ensure physician practice sustainability and fair payment.
- AMA telehealth policy, coding & paymentCategory 3 telehealth services will be covered through 2023. Nonfacility payment rates for telehealth services will remain the same through 2023 (physician offices are defined by Medicare as “nonfacility” setting, so this means telehealth payments will remain the same as in-person through 2023.
- AMA telehealth practice implementationTelehealth workflow best practice (PDF), ensuring your workflow addresses the entire life cycle; Key considerations when designing a telehealth workflow (PDF), key questions and criteria for designing a workflow; Telehealth workflow example (PDF), sample flow for scheduling, check-in, visit, and post-visit
- Bill to extend telehealth flexibilities clears House committeeBipartisan legislation that would extend existing telehealth flexibilities for two years beyond their current end-of-2024 expiration date saw its first substantive step toward becoming law when the House Ways and Means Committee in May unanimously passed the Preserving Telehealth, Hospital and Ambulance Access Act (H.R. 8261).
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