March 12, 2024
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services – Updated Toolkit
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) updated their toolkit for states on telehealth coverage policies in the Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Programs (CHIP) so that it is relevant now that the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) has ended.
The toolkit provides insights into:
- Telehealth platforms
- Effective billing practices
- Lessons learned from states amid and post COVID-19 PHE
- Approaches to ensure accessible and culturally sensitive care delivery through telehealth.
The toolkit outlines:
- Strategies for telehealth within value-based care frameworks
- Evaluation methodologies to gauge its impact on quality
- Outcomes
- Costs
- Initiatives for effectively communicating, training, and equipping both providers and beneficiaries with telehealth resources
Information included in Toolkit:
- Detailed description of the common telehealth modalities
- A section for frequently asked questions
- A description of Medicaid trends throughout recent years
- Strategies for delivering services via telehealth to specific populations
- Operational consideration of implementing telehealth