--- title: April 3, 2020 Update to Medicare Telemedicine Notification description: CMS notified providers via Special Edition Message that CMS has made yet another change in the coding requirements for Telemedicine/Telehealth services. image: https://www.claimcare.net/hubfs/telehealthmedicare.jpg --- ![New claimcare logo banner](https://www.claimcare.net/hs-fs/hubfs/New%20claimcare%20logo%20banner.jpg?width=977&name=New%20claimcare%20logo%20banner.jpg) Search > Welcome to the ClaimCare Medical Billing Blog. We strive to provide content that improves the overall quality of medical billing efforts across the US. If you have any specific topics that you would like to see addressed in this medical billing blog please post the topic in the [Medical Billing Questions & Answers Forum](https://www.claimcare.net/medical-billing-resources/medical-billing-questions-forum/). If you have an article that you would like considered for publication in the medical billing blog then please email your article to [resources@claimcare.net](mailto:resources@claimcare.net). # MEDICAL BILLING BLOG ## [April 3, 2020 Update to Medicare Telemedicine Notification](https://www.claimcare.net/medical-billing-blog/april-3-2020-update-to-medicare-telemedicine-notification) Posted by Carl Mays, ClaimCare President/CEO on Fri, Apr 03, 2020 @ 06:29 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) **April 3, 2020 Update to Medicare Telemedicine Notification** ![telehealthmedicare](https://www.claimcare.net/hs-fs/hubfs/telehealthmedicare.jpg?width=243&name=telehealthmedicare.jpg)At 2:45 this afternoon, [CMS](https://www.cms.gov/) notified all providers via Special Edition Message that CMS has made yet another change in the coding requirements for Telemedicine/Telehealth services. Pointed out below are the most critical changes, which pertain to place of service and modifier utilization. Here is the original [**April 1 Telemedicine Blog Post**](https://www.claimcare.net/medical-billing-blog/latest-telehealth-cms-update-provides-more-relief-for-providers-serving-patients-through-telemedicine?_ga=2.246483910.312976129.1585951122-1010972423.1585951122)  that contains the earlier CMS information to which we are now referring. Comparing the April 1 blog to this updated blog will make things less confusing to you.  **04-03-20 Revised Special Edition Telemedicine Message from [CMS](https://www.cms.gov/)** Building on prior action to expand reimbursement for telehealth services to Medicare beneficiaries, CMS will now allow for more than **80 additional services to be furnished via telehealth**. We will notify you when those services are clearly identified. For professional claims for **all telehealth** services with dates of services on or after March 1, 2020, and for the duration of the Public Health Emergency (PHE), telehealth claims need to be billed with: ![checklist](https://www.claimcare.net/hs-fs/hubfs/checklist.jpg?width=131&name=checklist.jpg) - Place of Service (POS) equal to what it would have been had the service been furnished in-person. This means you no longer use the 02 Place of Service. - Modifier 95, indicating that the service rendered was actually performed via telehealth. - As a reminder, CMS is **not** requiring the CR modifier on telehealth services. For telemedicine claims already billed with the “02 Place of Service,” medical billers actively monitoring these claims should show them as having been received and in process.  So, it appears this updated change will only impact claims from today forward. 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