Telehealth Billing: COVID-19 Update
Telehealth Billing: COVID-19 Update covers latest guidelines by major commercial payers on how to bill and get reimbursements for your medical claims.
COVID-19 Billing and Coding in 2023: What You Need to Know
COVID-19 Billing and Coding in 2023: What You Need to Know This article presents a brief guide for COVID-19 billing and coding procedures. It includes all the latest E/M updates for 2023. Updates will be posted to give clarification for the ending of the Public Health Emergency (PHE) scheduled for May 11, 2023. We hope […]
5 Mistakes to Avoid When Setting Up COVID-19 Testing
5 Mistakes to Avoid When Setting Up COVID-19 Testing We discuss 5 mistakes to avoid when setting up COVID-19 testing. Applicable to healthcare providers looking to get into providing these services as mobile or off site units. They include improper staff, PPE, credentialing, documentation, and coding. Mobile COVID-19 Testing Units COVID-19 has become part of […]
Medicare announces advance payments to Healthcare Providers
What is the accelerated and advance payment program for Medicare? Accelerated and advance Medicare payments provide emergency funding and address cash flow issues based on historical payments when there is disruption in claims submission and/or claims processing. These expedited payments are typically offered in natural disasters to accelerate cash flow to the impacted health care […]
HIPAA Compliance waiver for Telehealth during COVID-19
Office of Civil Rights (OCR) has waived off HIPAA requirement in telehealth for the duration of the COVID-19 emergency by the way of enforcement discretion. It will not impose penalties against those who are not complying with the security guidelines laid out in HITECH Act.
Illinois Executive Order to protect Healthcare Providers
Summary Governor Pritzker announced an executive order dated March 19, which invokes the Gubernatorial Disaster Proclamation and the power it vests with the Governor under those circumstances. In addition to other orders, it instructs Insurance companies to not impose any treatment limitations on providers using Telehealth. It also mandates that any parameters (including reimbursements) cannot […]