The declaration comes after a year-long pilot in which primary care providers utilized an online platform to consult with cardiologists, dermatologists and other specialists.
Connecticut health centers are now being reimbursed for telemedicine consults with specialists, assisting residents who would sometimes have to wait a year for an appointment.
The declaration by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) follows a year-long pilot conducted by the Weitzman Institute and Safety Net Connect, a California-based developer of online care coordination platforms, with Community Health Center, Inc., which runs more than 200 clinics and care centers in Connecticut.
The CMS ruling enables Medicare to reimburse CHC’s federal qualified health centers for utilizing SNC’s eConsult platform. Through the pilot, more than 1,000 eConsults were served by CHC, enabling primary care physicians to connect online with specialists in such fields as cardiology, dermatology and endocrinology.
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