Posts Tagged ‘telehealth coding’
Maximizing Telehealth Reimbursement: Navigating Medicare Billing, Coding, and Place of Service (POS) Requirements
Recent updates from CMS bring substantial changes to telehealth reimbursement policies, necessitating a comprehensive understanding of billing, coding, and Place of Service (POS) requirements for healthcare providers.
Read MoreAMA Releases New CPT Code Modifier For Audio-Only Telehealth
The American Medical Association (AMA) has released new CPT code modifier 93 for audio-only telehealth services.
Read MoreCMS Telehealth Coding Presents New Challenges
As our recent article on Telehealth indicated, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) officially expanded its payment protocol to cover Medicare telehealth services in March of 2020. This meant that providers had greater flexibility in providing treatment and visits, with Medicare covering treatments that they previously would not have.
Read MoreTelehealth Resource Center for Revised PHE Coding & Billing Policies Due to COVID-19
The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) expanded the payment guidelines for professional telehealth services provided to Medicare beneficiaries during the Public Health Emergency (PHE) declared for COVID-19 (CMS, 2020). The temporary protocol expansion was deemed necessary to aid healthcare reimbursement, and will be active only during the PHE. To keep coders and auditors up-to-date on the expanded services and reimbursement guidelines, YES HIM Consulting has gathered all the latest updates to form a telehealth resource center.
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