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To be consistent with SAMHSA's reforms to telehealth flexibilities for initiation of treatment with methadone at 8.12(f)(2)(B)(v), past conforming regulations under the Medicare OTP benefit to allow telecommunication flexibilities for initiation of treatment with buprenorphine, and to contribute towards efforts to reduce barriers in accessing care for Medicare beneficiaries seeking treatment with methadone, we are proposing to make similar telecommunication flexibilities under the Medicare OTP benefit
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As a result of these findings, OIG recommended that CMS develop billing requirements for OTPs to include OUD diagnosis codes on claims for OUD treatment services to indicate that enrollees have OUD diagnoses and consider working with MACs to implement a system edit to ensure that OTP payments are made for enrollees only when OUD diagnosis codes are included on claims. OIG also stated that requiring OTPs to include OUD diagnosis codes on claims could be a way for CMS to monitor whether OTPs furnished OUD treatment services to enrollees who had an OUD. In our response to the OIG report, we raised that the lack of an OUD diagnosis code on a claim is not conclusive evidence of an improper claim because an OUD diagnosis code is not required for payment when an OTP submits a claim for OUD treatment services