Loosening the Rules on Telehealth to Fight Coronavirus May Also Result in New Medicare Fraud Schemes
Posted 03/27/20
In response to the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. government is loosening rules on telehealth to make it easier—and safer—for patients to speak to their healthcare providers. These steps are an important, and necessary, step to curtail the spread of the virus and to facilitate the treatment of infected patients. But it may also open the door to new telehealth fraud schemes by unscrupulous individuals and...