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CMS Releases Guidance on New & Expanded Flexibilities for RHCs & FQHCs During COVID-19
April 17, 2020
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued guidance on new and expanded flexibilities given to Federally Qualified Health Centers (FHQCs) and Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) during the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) crisis. There is also another guidance on flexibilities given to FQHCs and RHCs. The guidance documents were updated on April 30, 2020.
Most states provide their Medicaid fee-for-service fee schedules online. These fee schedules are updated periodically to add or remove codes and update reimbursement rates. CCHP examined the fee schedules of each state and D.C. to identify the states reimbursing for technology-based service codes that are not defined as telehealth under Medicare.