RHCs & FQHCs: Billing Distant Site Telehealth Services

Number: 14468 
Release Date: May 27, 2026
Effective Date: October 1, 2026 
Implementation Date: October 5, 2026
Transmittal Number: R13776OTN

CR 14468 provides instructions to Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) on how to bill distant site telehealth services for dates of service on or after October 1, 2026.

Make sure your billing staff knows that RHCs and FQHCs must bill the individual CPT or HCPCS code for distant site telehealth services they provide instead of HCPCS code G2025.

View the complete CMS Medicare Learning Network (MLN) Matters (MM)14468.

Last Updated Jun 04 , 2026