§ 422.135 Additional telehealth benefits.

(a) Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:

Additional telehealth benefits means services:

(1) For which benefits are available under Medicare Part B but which are not payable under section 1834(m) of the Act; and

(2) That have been identified by the MA plan for the applicable year as clinically appropriate to furnish through electronic exchange when the physician (as defined in section 1861(r) of the Act) or practitioner (described in section 1842(b)(18)(C) of the Act) providing the service is not in the same location as the enrollee.

Electronic exchange means electronic information and telecommunications technology.