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September 03, 2021   
Health Law Weekly

U.S. Court in DC Tosses Foreign Telemedicine Provider’s Medicare Payment Challenge

  • September 03, 2021

The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia found August 20 that it lacks jurisdiction to consider an international telemedicine provider’s claims challenging the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS’) rules regarding Medicare payment for telemedicine services. According to the court, the provider failed to channel its reimbursement request through Medicare's mandatory administrative claims process and it did not qualify for a narrow exception to the channeling requirement.

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