Address answers, new codes, permanent expansions in telehealth update

Why This Topic Matters

Medicare telehealth policy changes can affect documentation, enrollment, privacy handling, and service availability across many specialties. The article helps readers track which categories of services were expanded or clarified for 2026 and highlights policy areas that may affect billing workflows and compliance planning.

Article Sections

1. Home address enrollment solution

   Explains an enrollment-related privacy issue for clinicians who work from home and references CMS guidance for managing publicly visible practice information.

2. CMS adds 5 new codes, plus revised G0136

   Summarizes newly added telehealth services for the coming year and notes a separate telehealth-list update tied to a revised service code.

3. Farewell to frequency limits

   Covers the permanent removal of telehealth frequency limits for selected categories of hospital, facility, and critical care consult services.

4. Teaching expansion gets a passing grade

   Describes a permanent telehealth-related change affecting teaching physician arrangements in specified clinical settings.

5. Remote monitoring reminder

   Clarifies CMS’s position on certain remote monitoring and digital mental health services and their relationship to Medicare telehealth rules.