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Medicare Telehealth Services During the First Year of the Pandemic: Program Integrity Risks

September 7, 2022

The changes to Medicare telehealth policies, along with the dramatic increase in the use of telehealth, underscore the importance of determining whether providers are billing for telehealth services appropriately and how future policies and additional actions can best protect the program and beneficiaries specific to telehealth. Our recent report assesses the program integrity risks associated with Medicare telehealth services and identifies ways to safeguard Medicare from fraud, waste, and abuse related to telehealth.

More information: Medicare Telehealth Services During the First Year of the Pandemic: Program Integrity Risks