CCHP’s September Newsletter includes updates on Telehealth Policies from across the nation.
In August 2019, the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) released its finalized telehealth policy update to its Medi-Cal fee-for-service program. CCHP has created a comparison chart between the programs that outlines the various changes to the revised Medi-Cal policies.
The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) released its finalized telehealth policy update to its Medi-Cal fee-for-service program. The majority of the changes occurred in fee-for-service and the other manuals make references back to that policy. The intent of the Department for the updates was to increase flexibility for the use of telehealth in Medi-Cal and clarify certain policies. CCHP has created a fact sheet that summarizes these changes.
