CDC Recognized List of Telehealth Services
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recognizes a wide range of services that can be provided via telehealth, including:
Office or other outpatient visits: This includes services such as consultations, evaluations, and follow-up visits for established patients.
Evaluation and management services: This includes services such as initial evaluations, periodic evaluations, and follow-up evaluations for patients with chronic conditions.
Certain therapeutic procedures: This includes services such as physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech-language pathology.
Psychological and neuropsychological testing: This includes services such as administering and interpreting tests of cognitive, emotional, and behavioral functioning.
Remote evaluation of recorded video and images: This includes services such as reviewing images and videos of a patient's condition and providing an evaluation and recommendations for treatment.
Remote physiologic monitoring: This includes services such as monitoring a patient's vital signs, such as blood pressure and heart rate, and providing an evaluation and recommendations for treatment.
Virtual check-ins: This includes brief, non-face-to-face encounters, such as virtual consultations, to assess the status of a patient's condition, and provide an evaluation and recommendations for treatment.
e-visits: This includes patient-initiated, non-face-to-face encounters, such as virtual consultations, to assess the status of a patient's condition, and provide an evaluation and recommendations for treatment.
It's worth noting that the use of telehealth services is subject to certain limitations and restrictions, and the availability of telehealth services may vary by state and by payer. Also, telehealth services are evolving, and new services are being added over time, so it's important to check the latest information from the CDC and other relevant authorities.