State Medicaid & CHIP Telehealth Toolkit: Policy Considerations For States Expanding Use Of Telehealth, COVID-19 Version & The Supplement

The document was released on December 6, 2021, by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The document emphasizes that state Medicaid programs can reimburse for audio-only telehealth during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) public health emergency and beyond. The document presents other strategies state Medicaid programs can use to expand use of telehealth to deliver services. With regards to federal Medicaid law and policy on audio-only telehealth, CMS noted that states have broad flexibility to cover and pay for Medicaid services delivered via telehealth, including to determine which telehealth modalities may be used to deliver . . .