Following Calls From Sen. Sinema, Federal Government Agrees to Cover Tele-Health Services for Arizona Seniors, Behavioral Health Organizations
May 01, 2020
May 01, 2020
PHOENIX, Arizona, May 1 -- Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Arizona, issued the following news release:
Following calls from Arizona senior Senator Kyrsten Sinema, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) agreed to expand coverage of telehealth services for Arizona seniors and critical behavioral health care organizations. Previously, video-telehealth medical services were covered under Medicare, but many audio-telehealth services were not. Sinema called on CMS to close that gap s . . .
Following calls from Arizona senior Senator Kyrsten Sinema, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) agreed to expand coverage of telehealth services for Arizona seniors and critical behavioral health care organizations. Previously, video-telehealth medical services were covered under Medicare, but many audio-telehealth services were not. Sinema called on CMS to close that gap s . . .