Review: Medicare waives rules, allows rural hospitals allowing doctors to telemedicine & telephones to treat patients across state lines

Review: Medicare waives rules, allows rural hospitals allowing doctors to telemedicine & telephones to treat patients across state lines

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has temporarily waived rules to allow rural hospitals to use physicians based in other states to treat patients via telemedicine, radio, or telephone without having to be present.

This step should increase the availability of rural primary and specialty care during the pandemic.

|2020-04-10T16:34:26-04:00April 10th, 2020|COVID-19 Literature|Comments Off on Review: Medicare waives rules, allows rural hospitals allowing doctors to telemedicine & telephones to treat patients across state lines

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