medicare beneficiaries

COVID-19, Regulatory Issues August 6, 2020

HHS Report Highlighting Trends in Medicare Beneficiary Telehealth Utilization Amid COVID-19

The HHS, through the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, is releasing a new report showing the dramatic utilization trends of telehealth services for primary care delivery in Fee-for-Service (FFS) Medicare in the early days of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

COVID-19, Regulatory Issues August 5, 2020

CMS Updates Data on COVID-19 Impacts on Medicare Beneficiaries

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released its first monthly update of data that provides a snapshot of the impact of COVID-19 on the Medicare population. For the first time, the snapshot includes data for American Indian/Alaskan Native Medicare beneficiaries.