Posts tagged CPT
Telehealth in the 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule: Audio-Only Telehealth for Mental Health Made Permanent, and CMS Punts on Remote Direct Supervision
Telehealth in the 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule: Audio-Only Telehealth for Mental Health Made Permanent, and CMS Punts on Remote Direct Supervision

On November 2, 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) finalized the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for Calendar Year 2022 (the “Final 2022 MPFS” or the “Final Rule”). As we noted in our July article discussing the Proposed 2022 MPFS, CMS made some significant proposed changes to allow for audio-only telehealth in some limited circumstances. In addition, the agency also proposed to enable remote “direct supervision,” which would allow practitioners to supervise clinical staff billing incident to their services as long as they could be available by audio/video communication as necessary.

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Telehealth, Medicare Physician Fee ScheduleRebecca GwiltTelemedicine, telementalhealth, 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, 2022, MPFS, Medicare, telemedicine, CMS, 99441, 99442, 99443, CPT, 93797, 93798, G0422, G0423, G2252
New Reimbursement for Remote Therapeutic Monitoring in the Final 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
New Reimbursement for Remote Therapeutic Monitoring in the Final 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule

This article examines the new CPT codes for Remote Therapeutic Monitoring as finalized for reimbursement in the 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, discussing key takeaways and implications for digital health and remote patient monitoring companies.

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Remote MonitoringCarrie NixonRemote Therapeutic Monitoring, Remote Monitoring, Remote Patient Monitoring, Reimbursement, MPFS, 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, CPT Code 98975, CPT Code 98976, CPT code 98977, CPT code 98980, CPT code 98981, RPM, RTM, CPT
How to Get Paid for Remote Interprofessional Consultation between Physicians
How to Get Paid for Remote Interprofessional Consultation between Physicians

Beginning January 1, 2019, physicians and other Qualified Healthcare Providers (“QHCPs”) eligible to independently bill for E/M services can obtain standalone reimbursement for Interprofessional Internet Consultations using CPT Codes 99446-99449, 99451, and 99452.

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Corporate Healthcare Law, Remote MonitoringKaitlyn O'ConnorInterprofessional internet consultation, MPFS, 2019 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, CPT 99446, CPT 99447, CPT 99448, CPT 99449, CPT 99451, CPT 99452, CPT, Remote Patient Monitoring, Remote Monitoring, Healthcare innovation, Coronavirus