A number of health care providers that billed Medicare for telehealth services likely did so in a fraudulent or wasteful manner, according to federal watchdogs. That finding and others like it dampen the chances of home health providers being able to bill for virtual care moving forward, Home Health Care News reports.
That’s one major takeaway from a recent report from the Office of Inspector General.
The report examines the use of telehealth among Medicare providers during the first year of the pandemic. The report is based on the analysis of Medicare fee-for-service claims data, and Medicare Advantage encounter data of the 742,000 providers who billed for a telehealth service from March 1, 2020, to February 28, 2021. Read more.
