Category Archives: Telehealth

California Expands Medicaid Telehealth Policy

By Matthew Shatzkes and Susan Ingargiola on October 7, 2019 Posted in Telehealth

The California Department of Health Care Services (“DHCS”) recently revised its Medi-Cal telehealth policy to allow providers increased flexibility in their use of telehealth as a modality for delivering medically necessary services to their patients. The policy is retroactively effective as of July 1, 2019, and fee-for-service providers must submit claims for services provided via telehealth … Continue Reading

OIG to Audit Provision of Behavioral Health Services Through Tele-Health Under Medicaid Managed Care

By Matthew Shatzkes and Susan Ingargiola on October 4, 2019 Posted in Healthcare Law, Telehealth

In its recently updated Work Plan, the Office of the Inspector General (“OIG”) at the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) announced that it will conduct an audit focusing on how selected state Medicaid agencies and Medicaid managed care organizations (“MCOs”) leverage telehealth to provide behavioral healthcare.… Continue Reading

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