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The record
- Jurisdiction
- United States
- Level
- Federal
- Authority
- Social Security Act 1135, 1861(m), 1814(a)(7); CARES Act 3708; interim final rule
- Issued
- 2020-04-06 Apr. 6, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-01 (retroactive) / 2020-03-31 (read as 2020-03-01)
- End
- PHE (several provisions made permanent) (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Mar. 1, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Health care ordersOther
- Addressees
- HHAs
- hospices
- physicians and practitioners
- Functions reached
- HC
- SN remote visits not billable as visits
- IN certification and face-to-face rules
- CB homebound population enlarged by order
- OF billing
- Collection
- Home Care, Nursing and Senior Living SEC-04
Operative words
Home health agencies... may furnish services using telecommunications technology... as long as such services do not substitute for in-person visits ordered on the plan of care... Clarification of Homebound Status... a beneficiary is considered homebound if... a physician has determined that it is medically contraindicated for the beneficiary to leave the home because he or she has a confirmed or suspected diagnosis of COVID-19 [or a condition making the beneficiary more susceptible]... Hospice:... the face-to-face encounter... may be conducted via telehealth... (as read).
Enforcement
Medicare payment conditions
Notes
Companion to the 1135 waivers; the telecommunications rule bars billing a remote contact as a visit.