Reimbursement challenges today. HCFA releases proposed rules on Medicare telemedicine reimbursement under 1997 Balanced Budget Act. Telemedicine reaches underserved. MediCal devises pay policy for California telemedicine consults. ATSP responds to proposed HCFA regulations on telemedicine reimbursement.
Trade groups diagnose pay policy as unsound.
No one applies for California telemedicine reimbursement. Glenn W. Wachter is a Research Associate for the Telemedicine Research Center, in Portland, Oregon. His specific interests are in the legal, political and technological aspects of the health care industry.