Posts tagged virtual check-in
Telehealth, Virtual Visits, e-Visits, and Remote Care for Nursing Homes during the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE)
Telehealth, Virtual Visits, e-Visits, and Remote Care for Nursing Homes during the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE)

The burden on the staff and residents of long-term care facilities, including nursing facilities and skilled nursing facilities, has increased significantly around the country. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), in response to feedback from industry stakeholders, and under new 1135 waiver authorities granted to it in the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, implemented several policy changes to support long term care facilities, including changes enabling practitioners to remotely provide services to these facilities and to remotely supervise on-site providers. 

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TelehealthRebecca GwiltCoronavirus, COVID-19, nursing home, Teleheath, virtual check-in, e-Visit, remote care
Webinar and Discussion: Reimbursement and Implementation of Telehealth, Remote Patient Monitoring, and Virtual Check-Ins during COVID-19...and Beyond
Webinar and Discussion: Reimbursement and Implementation of Telehealth, Remote Patient Monitoring, and Virtual Check-Ins during COVID-19...and Beyond

Join us for a webinar to explain the most recent regulatory and reimbursement changes around the Remote Patient Monitoring, Telehealth, e-Visit, and Virtual Check-in CPT codes, during COVID-19, and what those changes mean from a practical perspective.

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Telehealth, Remote MonitoringCarrie Nixon and Kaitlyn O'ConnorRemote Monitoring, Remote Patient Monitoring, Telehealth, Telemedicine, e-Visit, virtual check-in, virtual care, COVID-19, CMS, FDA, OIG, Coronavirus
CMS issues Interim Rule on use of Telehealth, Remote Patient Monitoring, e-visits, and Virtual Check-Ins during COVID-19
CMS issues Interim Rule on use of Telehealth, Remote Patient Monitoring, e-visits, and Virtual Check-Ins during COVID-19

In response to urgent requests from healthcare providers and digital health services companies, CMS released an Interim Final Rule with comment period (the “Rule”) on March 30, 2020 that eases restrictions around the use of telehealth and other virtual communications technologies to aide response to the COVID-19 public health crisis. The Rule adds reimbursement for over 80 additional services that can now be furnished by telehealth, removes the requirement that Medicare patients have a previously established relationship with the provider billing for telehealth or remote communications services, and allows the “face-to-face” encounters required to initiate some services to be conducted via telehealth.

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Telehealth, Remote MonitoringCarrie NixonCOVID-19, RPM, tel, Remote Patient Monitoring, virtual check-in, e-Visit, Coronavirus
Telehealth Waiver eases Medicare Restrictions during COVID-19 National Emergency -- but may not go far enough
Telehealth Waiver eases Medicare Restrictions during COVID-19 National Emergency -- but may not go far enough

When the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2020 was signed into law on March 6th, a provision in the Act that waives the geographic and originating site restrictions on telehealth services for the elderly garnered less attention, but could have a very important role to play in combatting COVID-19 - particularly if the waiver authority is further expanded by Congress. Learn more about the emergency telehealth waivers.

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TelehealthCarrie NixonTeleheath, Telemedicine, Coronavirus, COVID-19, National Emergency, e-Visit, virtual check-in
How to get Reimbursed for Virtual Check-ins under HCPCS Code G2012
How to get Reimbursed for Virtual Check-ins under HCPCS Code G2012

In its Final Rule for the 2019 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule released on Friday, CMS introduced a new code, HCPCS G2012, allowing physicians and other qualified healthcare professionals (“QHCPs”) to be reimbursed for “virtual check-ins” with patients who aren’t sure whether or not their symptoms warrant an in-office visit. Learn more about virtual check-ins and how they can be used by practices.

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Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, Remote MonitoringRebecca GwiltRemote Patient Monitoring, Remote Monitoring, virtual check-in, 2019 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, QHCP, Qualified Health Care Professional, HCPCS G2012, Healthcare innovation, Coronavirus