The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on 14th Oct 2020, announced that it has expanded the list of telehealth services that Medicare will pay for during the COVID-19 public health emergency. Medicare will begin paying eligible practitioners for these 11 newly approved telehealth services delivered via telehealth, including certain cardiac rehabilitation and monitoring services. […]
Newly Approved Telehealth Services During The COVID-19 Pandemic
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Billing for Audio-only Telehealth
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) made many changes to adapt patient care amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Expanding Medicare coverage to include a range of services through audio-only telehealth visits is one of them. Let’s understand some of the basic coding guidelines for audio-only telephone visits: CPT Code 99441-99443 -audio-only telehealth Code Description […]
Document Checklist for Provider Credentialing
Every healthcare provider has to apply for initial medical credentialing and must get re-credentialed after every 2-3 years. It’s a tedious and time-consuming task, but a necessary one, as it’s required before a healthcare organization or practice can bill on your behalf. The complete medical credentialing process can take up to 3-4 months to complete […]
Vaccine CPT Codes for Coronavirus Immunizations
On 10th Nov 2020, the American Medical Association (AMA) published an update to the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code set that includes new vaccine-specific codes to report immunizations for the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). The CPT editorial panel has approved a unique CPT code for each of two coronavirus vaccines as well as administration codes unique […]
How to calculate healthcare productivity?
A way to measure efficiency is how you can define productivity classically. Productivity is how to measure the output that comes from units of input if we put it in an economic context. Workplace productivity is an estimate of how efficiently organizations utilize their resources to accomplish business objectives. Improving productivity is important because increasing […]
Provider Relief Funds – Post-Payment Reporting Requirements
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act and the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Health Care Enhancement Act, allocated funds to reimburse eligible healthcare providers for healthcare-related expenses or lost revenues attributable to the coronavirus. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) distributes these funds through the CARES Act PRF program. According to the […]
Telehealth and Physical Therapy
Rapid Expansion of Telehealth According to the IHS Markit report, the number of patients using telehealth is expected to rise to more than ten million in 2020, up from less than 350,000 in 2013. With such exponential growth, practices providing physical therapy can no longer afford to ignore the opportunity telehealth provides. Telehealth allows physical […]
What thanksgiving means for patients and providers?
Thanksgiving is a federal holiday in the United States, celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November celebrating the harvest and other blessings of the past year. The word thanksgiving means giving of thanks to God, especially in a religious ceremony. Thanksgiving is that time of year when you have to be grateful for everything you […]
ONC’s update on Sync for Science pilot project
Science Pilot Project Leading healthcare providers and developers across the country joined the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology’s (ONC) Sync for Science (S4S) Pilot Project to support patient-directed sharing of health information with research using a standards-based API. ONC said in a report that 4 healthcare IT developers and 6 healthcare […]
How Does Modifier 62 Affect Reimbursement?
Modifier 62 will be added to claims for procedures designated as “co-surgeon allowed” when a claim for the same procedure code with it has been previously submitted and processed for a different provider. Claims for more than one surgeon should have each surgeon’s provider identification number. The following Situations are Considered Co-Surgery: Two surgeons of […]