Rebecca Gwilt in Home Health News Discussing the Latest Telehealth News
Nixon Law Group’s Partner, Rebecca Gwilt, was quoted in an article appearing in Home Health News discussing the new CMS proposed rules and how the supposed expansion of telehealth leaves out home health. Home health was largely ignored in the national conversation about supporting the expansion of telehealth
“The president’s executive order is likely to change very little about telehealth policy coming out of CMS,” Rebecca Gwilt, a partner and co-founder of health care innovation firm Nixon Law Group, told Home Health Care News in an email. “His executive order essentially encourages the Health and Human Services Secretary to take a look at ways to extend the measures taken during the public health emergency.”
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However, home health doesn’t fall into any of the three areas Verma mentioned — restrictions on site of care, eligible providers and non-rural areas — according to Gwilt.
“These buckets are applicable to Part B reimbursement for telehealth only,” she said. “Home health was largely ignored in the national conversation about supporting the expansion of telehealth.”