Carrie Nixon in Modern Healthcare Discussing the Senate Hearing on Telehealth

Nixon Law Group’s Managing Partner, Carrie Nixon, was quoted in an article appearing in Modern Healthcare discussing the Senate HELP Committee hearing on telehealth that took place on June 17, 2020.

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The article notes general consensus among Committee members on two areas set forth as priorities by the Committee’s Chair, including 1) making permanent the elimination of the originating site and geographic restrictions for Medicare reimbursement of telehealth visits; and 2) maintaining and potentially expanding the list of services that may be provided by telehealth under Medicare, along with the list of types of healthcare providers eligible to provide these services to Medicare beneficiaries.

From the article…

Carrie Nixon, the founder and lead attorney at Nixon Law Group, noted that senators didn’t discuss extending pay parity for certain services much, which allows providers to be paid the same for a telehealth visit as an in-person one.

“Payment parity is going to be really important in making sure that we do continue that momentum that we have seen in telehealth adoption and implementation during COVID,” Nixon said.

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[Chairman] Alexander recently released a white paper on pandemic preparedness policies and called for legislative action before the end of 2020.

Leaving the temporary changes in limbo with an uncertain timeline stunts providers' decisionmaking and innovation in the telehealth space, Nixon said.

‘The longer we remain in a land of uncertainty as to whether and which changes will remain in effect, the longer it is toward implementation and innovation,” Nixon said.

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