States Get Help Easing Telehealth Barriers in Medicaid, CHIP

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released a telehealth toolkit Thursday aimed at helping states remove barriers to telehealth services in their Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Programs during the coronavirus crisis.

The goal is to make it easier for Medicaid and CHIP enrollees to receive health care at home rather than at a doctor’s office or emergency room, where they could become exposed to—or pass along—the virus.

The announcement follows previous CMS efforts during the coronavirus crisis to expand the use of telehealth services in Medicare and other federal health-care programs, including recent steps to allow Medicare to ...