The American healthcare Association is creating a suite of codes to enable the provision of telemedicine , with a working group dispatched to create the list last week . The codes are utilised by health providers , insurers and Medicare to make clear what services providers have performed . The inclusion of these codes means more payers and Medicare are likely to cover telemedicine services as it allows them to delineate exactly what services have been performed , currently a variety of " face - to - face " codes are being used to bill for telemedicine services . The working group comprises some 200 members from the physician and telemedicine communities , and will reconvene in November .
The American Medical Association is creating a suite of codes to enable the reimbursement of telemedicine, with a working group dispatched to create the list last week. The codes are utilised by health providers, insurers and Medicare to make clear what services providers have performed. The creation of these codes means more payers and Medicare are likely to cover telemedicine services as it allows them to delineate exactly what services have been performed, currently a variety of "face-to-face" codes are being used to bill for telemedicine services. The working group comprises some 50 members from the physician and telemedicine communities, and will reconvene in November.