Medical Billing and Coding Resources
A strong understanding of various codes that telehealth/telemedicine treatments comprise of is required to be able to successfully bill the claims. It is important for practices to bring in reliable and expert vendors to handle billing, to overcome unique telehealth/telemedicine billing challenges. Outsourcing telehealth/telemedicine billing services can reduce practices’ overhead costs, increase reimbursements, decrease claim denials, and rejections. This can enable practices to focus more on their patients rather than spending hours constructing and interpreting the billing reports.
Increased Acceptance of RPM Remote patient monitoring is a form of telehealth that is of growing interest to healthcare provider organizations. Today, one-third of consumers are more likely to choose a provider that allows them to share data from a connected health device, which only promotes more positive outcomes. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid […]
On November 2, 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the final rule on the Medicare physician fee schedule detailing how health care services offered by psychologists and other providers will be delivered and reimbursed in 2022. Below are some of the key issues of interest to psychologists. Reimbursement for audio-only services […]
99441 CPT Code Description: Telephone E/M service provided by a physician or other qualified health professional who may report E/M services provided to an established patient, parent, or guardian not originating from a related E/M service provided within the previous 7 days nor leading to an E/M service or procedure within the next 24 hours […]
Basics of Modifier GQ: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) rules stipulate that as a condition of payment for telehealth services, providers must use interactive audio and video telecommunications system that permits real-time communication between (the provider), at the distant site, and the beneficiary, at the originating site. Asynchronous ‘store and forward’ technology is […]
Under the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act and Section 1135 waiver authority, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) broadened access to Medicare telemedicine billing, so beneficiaries can get a wider range of services from their doctors and other clinicians without traveling to a health care facility. On March 6, 2020, Medicare […]
CMS Telehealth To limit the spread of community COVID-19, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has broadened access to Medicare telehealth services so that beneficiaries can receive a wider range of services from their doctors without having to travel to a healthcare facility. Under this new waiver, Medicare can pay for office, hospital, […]
Expansion of Telehealth Services The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued another round of sweeping regulatory waivers and rule changes to deliver expanded care to the nation’s seniors and provide flexibility to the healthcare system as America reopens. These changes making it easier to increase access to telehealth for Medicare patients so they […]
Telehealth Services Basics Telehealth, telemedicine, and related terms generally refer to the exchange of medical information from one site to another through electronic communication to improve a patient’s health. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has broadened access to Medicare telehealth services so that beneficiaries can receive a wider range of services from their […]
Basics of Telemedicine To limit the spread of community COVID-19, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has broadened access to Medicare telemedicine services so that beneficiaries can receive a wider range of services from their doctors without having to travel to a healthcare facility. Under this new waiver, Medicare can pay for office, […]
Telemedicine and telehealth are used interchangeably throughout the United States healthcare system, in reference to the exchange of medical information from one site to another through electronic communication. Reporting of telemedicine/telehealth services varies by the payer and state regulations. Following is the complete list of Telehealth CPT Codes used by Medicare patients. How to Search […]
