HHS Chief Scores With Congress On DME Bid Program, Telehealth Pay, But Says LDTs Complex
Executive Summary
At back-to-back congressional hearings on Feb. 14 and 15, US Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar seemed to satisfy lawmakers' questions on how he would use his budget to fix problems in the durable medical equipment bidding program and provide telehealth reimbursements under Medicare, but conceded that lab-developed test regulations are a complicated issue.