CMS’s 2022 Physician Fee Schedule Holds in Place Telehealth Physician Supervision Requirements 

Makes Permanent Telehealth Behavioral Health Rules - CMS published the 2022 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule on November 2, 2021. The Rule keeps intact CMS’s temporary physician supervision requirements related to the provision of telehealth services. Direct supervision via real-time audio-visual communications continues to be permitted only through the later of December 31, 2021, or the end of the year in which the Public Health Emergency (PHE) is terminated. Essentially, CMS is temporarily...
By: Arent Fox