{"id":16009,"date":"2020-05-15T10:07:32","date_gmt":"2020-05-15T14:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=16009"},"modified":"2020-05-15T10:07:32","modified_gmt":"2020-05-15T14:07:32","slug":"bluecross-blueshield-of-tennessee-makes-covid-19-telehealth-coverage-permanent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=16009","title":{"rendered":"BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee makes COVID-19 telehealth coverage permanent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By\u00a0Laura Dyrda for <em>Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee updated its coverage policies to permanently cover virtual visits with in-network providers.<\/p>\n<p>The insurer began covering telephone and video visits with in-network providers in March to accommodate for social distancing during the pandemic. However, the company has now become the first major insurer to make the changes permanent as part of its efforts to expand access to care.\u00a0 Continue reading article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beckershospitalreview.com\/telehealth\/bluecross-blueshield-of-tennessee-makes-covid-19-telehealth-coverage-permanent.html\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/senior-woman-frustrated-concerned-help-700x467.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11020\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/senior-woman-frustrated-concerned-help-700x467-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/senior-woman-frustrated-concerned-help-700x467-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/senior-woman-frustrated-concerned-help-700x467.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice:<\/strong> The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By\u00a0Laura Dyrda for Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review) BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee updated its coverage policies to permanently cover virtual visits with<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-redesign","category-telehealth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16009"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16010,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16009\/revisions\/16010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}