We noted in the CY 2024 PFS final rule that a few commenters agreed that Medicare CQMs would address most of ACOs' concerns regarding all payer/all patient reporting in the Shared Saving Program, such as difficulties reporting for those ACOs with a higher proportion of specialty practices or groups with multiple EHRs, beneficiaries with no primary care relationship, and shouldering a greater burden when matching and deduplicating patient records (88 FR 79101)
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However, continued investment in childhood cancer research remains crucial as NCI estimates that 14,910 children and adolescents ages 0 to 19 years will be diagnosed with cancer in 2024 (936)
With proper preparation, they can provide accurate results in a timely manner
In other words, as stated above, for a service to be considered a Medicare telehealth service subject to and payable under section 1834(m) of the Act, the service must be so analogous to in-person care such that the telehealth service, as defined in 410.78, is essentially a substitute for a face-to-face encounter
