The nominator stated that establishing payment for direct PE inputs in the nonfacility/office setting would increase access to this service for Medicare patients
and/or (4) Other supporting documentation to justify the inclusion of the proposed medical clinical scenario requiring dental services (87 FR 69686)
In the CY 2022 PFS final rule (86 FR 65060), in part to recognize the changes made by section 123 of the CAA, 2021 that removed the geographic restrictions for Medicare telehealth services for the diagnosis, evaluation, or treatment of a mental health disorder and the addition of the patient's home as a permissible originating site for these services, we revisited our regulatory definition of interactive telecommunications system beyond the circumstances of the PHE
We also propose to add a new paragraph (a)(9)(iii) to 425.601 and to add a new paragraph (a)(9)(viii) to 425.652, each specifying that we would recalculate benchmark year expenditures to account for the impact of improper payments, for the benchmark year corresponding to a performance year for which CMS issued a revised initial determination under 425.315
The Role of Smokeless Tobacco in Oral Health Some people believe that smokeless tobacco is a safer alternative to smoking, but this is a dangerous misconception