Report: Medicare Reimbursed Nearly $14M for Telemedicine Last Year

Healthcare Informatics: In 2014, Medicare telemedicine reimbursement totaled $13.9 million, a number that has steadily increased since 2008, according to the Robert J. Waters Center for Telehealth and eHealth Law (CTeL).

CTeL says it obtained information from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), which revealed that the $13.9 million figure reflects payments of $12,482,270 for provider fees at the distant site (the location of the telemedicine provider) and $1,452,160 for originating site fees (the location of the patient).

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