Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News

Doctor making a phone call.
By  Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News 10:52 am October 15, 2018
The Trump administration wants Medicare for the first time to embrace telemedicine across the country by paying doctors $14 for a five-minute “check-in” phone call with their patients. But many physicians say the proposed reimbursement will cover a service they already do for free. And the Medicare reimbursement — intended to motivate doctors to communicate with patients outside the office —...