Wednesday, May 4, 2011

CMS Removes Credentialing Barrier to Telemedicine

May 3, 2011 — New regulations issued yesterday by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) remove a barrier to telemedicine that had nothing to do with computer technology.

The problem, CMS said, was its own old regulations on how hospitals should vet physicians who are hundreds or thousands of miles away, yet practice medicine within their walls by virtue of digital technology.

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