Doctors, advocacy groups and some lawmakers say that restrictions on widespread use of telemedicine should be lifted permanently once the COVID-19 crisis eases, and are calling on Congress to change laws so they would allow its more unrestricted use.
“Many of the things that CMS has moved forward for compensation for telehealth and telemedicine … a lot of that needs to continue,” Bart said. And Medicare should also continue paying for telehealth at the same rates as face-to-face care, whether such visits are for diagnostic or therapeutic reasons, he said.
Patients who have got used to the convenience of a telehealth consultation during the crisis are unlikely to want to go back to face-to-face interactions with doctors for routine purposes, said Mike King, director of network and telecommunication operations at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston.
“Why should I go into a doctor’s office for a face-to-face consultation and waste half a day when I can do it from my office” using a telehealth platform, King said, speaking of patients’ mindset during a recent roundtable discussion organized by Cisco.
“Moving forward we will see much broader interest from patients and providers in using technology to meet a lot of needs that previously would have required an in-person visit,” said Kevin Harper, director of public policy at the American Telemedicine Association. “Congress will need to carefully consider the implications on both patients and providers in shifting back to the pre-COVID restrictions, especially as providers and delivery systems continue to heavily invest in telehealth to meet patient demand.”
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