COVID-19 Hospice How-To Series: Recent Developments Regarding Telehealth, Virtual Visits, and Medicare Audits and Appeals

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Change is fast-paced in the world of COVID-19. On Monday, March 30th, CMS released an interim final rule along with hospice specific waivers. Your Hospice Team discusses these recent developments and their impact on telehealth, face-to-face encounters, virtual visits and Medicare appeals and audits.

For resources related to this episode, please see the following:

• Husch Blackwell Hospice Insights: The Law and Beyond Podcast
• Husch Blackwell Coronavirus Toolkit
• Hospice: CMS Flexibilities to Fight COVID-19
• Excerpt from March 31st CMS National Stakeholder Call
• Tools for Your Hospice Tool Box: Telehealth Flowchart for Billable Hospice Physician and Nurse Practitioner Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic