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Medicare Telehealth Coding as of April 30

May 1, 2020June 28, 2022Barbara Cobuzzi, MBA, CPC, CPC-H, CPC-P, CPC-I, CENTC, CPCONo Comments

Healthcare providers are granted even more latitude for use of telehealth services during the COVID-19 public health emergency. On a Friday, at month-end, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) kindly dropped another bomb on us: more t… For more, read here: AAPC Blog Related Posts:Prevent Medicare Claims Denials in 2020OIG Uncovers Medicare Overpayments for Chronic Care…OIG to Audit Risk Adjustment CodingNew Medicare Cards Initiate Phishing ScamCMS Goes After Medicare Advantage OverpaymentsUsing Modifier 95 for Telehealth Makes Cents

Using Modifier 95 for Telehealth Makes Cents

April 27, 2020June 28, 2022Barbara Cobuzzi, MBA, CPC, CPC-H, CPC-P, CPC-I, CENTC, CPCONo Comments

Capture full payment for remote visits during the PHE for COVID-19. An interim final rule published in the April 6, 2020, Federal Register explains how to bill telehealth services during the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE). The final rule goes … For more, read here: AAPC Blog Related Posts:Modifier 59 Is Over-Used and Abused, MAC SaysMedicare Telehealth Coding as of April 30

Ascension Enters Contract with Google to Share PHI

November 18, 2019December 4, 2020Barbara Cobuzzi, MBA, CPC, CPC-H, CPC-P, CPC-I, CENTC, CPCONo Comments

If you are a patient of Ascension in the St. Louis, Mo., area, Google has your healthcare protected health information (PHI). Patients and doctors of the second largest Catholic health system in the United States have not been notified that their data… For more, read here: AAPC Blog

98point6 Wants to be Amazon Prime of Primary Care

February 12, 2019March 13, 2019Barbara Cobuzzi, MBA, CPC, CPC-H, CPC-P, CPC-I, CENTC, CPCONo Comments

A Seattle company looks to make primary care as easy as buying something off of Amazon.com. 98point6 is a Seattle start-up brain child of Rob Schwietzer who scaled Amazon Prime from thousands to millions and CEO Robbie Cape from Microsoft. 98point6 … For more, read here: AAPC Blog Related Posts:Is Direct Primary Care the Answer?OIG Uncovers Medicare Overpayments for Chronic Care…

3 Issues in 2019 Virtual Care

January 23, 2019January 31, 2019Barbara Cobuzzi, MBA, CPC, CPC-H, CPC-P, CPC-I, CENTC, CPCONo Comments

Mandy Roth of Healthcare Leaders asked readers what they expected in the immediate future (2019) in virtual care, and if any trends can be predicted. As a result, three key issues stood out: Growth in virtual care will be spurred on by changes in reim… For more, read here: AAPC Blog Related Posts:OIG Uncovers Medicare Overpayments for Chronic Care…Is Direct Primary Care the Answer?

Cybersecurity Guidance Issued by HHS

January 21, 2019January 31, 2019Barbara Cobuzzi, MBA, CPC, CPC-H, CPC-P, CPC-I, CENTC, CPCONo Comments

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have issued new guidance for healthcare organizations to manage cyberattacks. This is the end result of the 2015 Cybersecurity Act to align the healthcare security practices. Cybersecurity Guidance … For more, read here: AAPC Blog

Telehealth in Your Practice

September 26, 2018September 28, 2018Barbara Cobuzzi, MBA, CPC, CPC-H, CPC-P, CPC-I, CENTC, CPCONo Comments

Direct to Consumer/Patient When thinking about implementing telehealth in your practice, determine which platform will work best for your providers and patients. The market has consolidated into two major platforms, American Well and Teledoc… For more, read here: AAPC Blog Related Posts:Using Modifier 95 for Telehealth Makes CentsMedicare Telehealth Coding as of April 30