Articles by Susannah Vance Gopalan

In statements issued in recent days, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has described the timeline and parameters for a program reimbursing healthcare providers for costs they incur in furnishing COVID-19 testing and treatment to uninsured individuals. HHS is referring to this program as the Claims Reimbursement…

On April 17, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued guidance implementing Section 3704 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES) Act, which was signed into law on March 27, 2020. CARES Act Section 3704 authorized the Medicare program to pay for distant site…

On April 9, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued COVID-19 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on Medicare Fee-for-Service (FFS) Billing (“ COVID-19 FAQs”). This guidance document, addresses, among other issues, recent regulatory changes CMS made through its April 6, 2020 interim final rule with comment period (“Interim…

Though it is not at the forefront of national coverage, there is an important program for telehealth infrastructure support within the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act.[1]  With public and private nonprofit community health care providers turning heavily to telehealth to deliver needed services to their patients, Congress…