Results from an Office of Inspector General (OIG) report on "CMS Paid Practitioners for Telehealth Services That Did Not Meet Medicare Requirements" Medicare paid a total of $17.6 million in telehealth payments in 2015, compared with $61,302 in 2001. Medicare telehealth payments include a professional fee, paid to the practitioner performing the service at a distant site, and an originating-site fee, paid to the facility where the beneficiary receives the service. A Medicare Payment Advisory Commission study of 2009 claims found that Medicare professional fee claims without associated claims for originating-site facility fees were more likely to be associated with unallowable telehealth payments. Full Summary is available at: https://oig.hhs.gov/oas/reports/region5/51600058.asp The 26 page report with recommendations is available at: https://oig.hhs.gov/oas/reports/region5/51600058.pdf string to locate report: Home > Reports & Publica