Clarification of Telehealth for DSMT

Individual and group DSMT services may be paid as a Medicare telehealth service. Effective for claims with dates of service on and after 1/1/2019, Medicare allows all ten hours of the initial DSMT training and the two hours of annual follow-up DSMT training may be furnished via telehealth in cases when injection training is not applicable.

For additional information, refer to CMS IOM Publication 100-04, Medicare Claims Processing Manual, Chapter 12, Section 190.3.6 - Payment for Diabetes Self-Management Training (DSMT) as a Telehealth Service.