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Does Medicare Cover Telehealth Visits?
Telehealth access expanded significantly in recent years — here's how coverage works now.
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Part B covers telehealth visits, and Medicare Advantage plans generally mirror or expand on Original Medicare's telehealth coverage. Coverage extends across a range of provider types, including primary care, many specialists, mental health counselors, physical and occupational therapists, speech pathologists, and audiologists.
Appropriate uses for a telehealth visit include care for mild symptoms, routine follow-ups, reviewing lab results, medication refill discussions, ongoing chronic disease management, and mental health treatment.
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Telehealth visits are generally billed the same way as an in-person visit — the Part B deductible and 20% coinsurance apply to the Medicare-approved amount. A Medicare Advantage plan's cost-sharing may differ, so check your specific plan.
Video visits require an internet-connected device with a camera and the provider's app or software. Some visits can also be conducted by phone only, depending on current telehealth rules for that type of visit, which have been extended and adjusted several times by Congress — check current rules before assuming a phone-only visit is covered the same way.
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