Table 1.

Medicare Billing: Place of Service, Modifiers, and Frequency

MEDICARE	PRE-COVID-19 PHE	DURING COVID-19 PHE
Telehealth	Use POS (02) telehealth No modifier Billing frequency limitations Inpatient hospital subsequent care, once every 3 days Inpatient critical care, once per day Inpatient SNF subsequent care, once every 30 days	Indicate POS where the service would have been furnished in-person (e.g., office POS 11, ED POS 23, inpatient POS 21) Use modifier 95 Billing frequency limitations removed for inpatient critical care and hospital/SNF subsequent care
Virtual check-ins, e-visits, RPM	Use POS where the patient is located No modifier	No change

State Medicaid programs and private payer policies and guidance on telehealth and other types of technology-enabled services can be found on their respective websites.

ED, emergency department; PHE, public health emergency; POS, place of service; RPM, remote patient monitoring; SNF, skilled nursing facility.