Medical billing for telehealth during COVID-19

Published: Mon, 05/18/20

COVID-19 is changing the way we practice medicine. Social distancing measures have led to a surge in demand for telemedicine, while practices around the country are seeing a reduced number of in-office patient visits.

Safeguarding COVID-19 Reimbursement

Waivers, modifiers, lab tests, multiple diagnosis codes…the layers and specifics of COVID-19 coding cannot be overlooked when ensuring appropriate reimbursement and safeguarding claims against third-party payer audits.

HRSA Uninsured Reimbursement Program Permits Code Re-sequencing

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Guide to implement telemedicine during the pandemic available

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In healthcare, the payment process differs from virtually all other industries in one significant way: patients do not pay for the bulk of the service received themselves because their insurance companies do.

Lessons Learned on the Front Lines of COVID-19

One of the most stressful things about the COVID-19 pandemic is how fast things are changing. Emergency medicine has always been a stressful career, and the nature of the work, combined with the weekend/night/holiday shifts, have created...

All about DME Billing and Collection in This Corona Virus Crisis

Today in this corona virus pandemic crisis healthcare providers are suffering the most in providing a seamless medical billing process for orthotics and prosthetics, HME, DME billing etc...

COVID-19 Coding Dilemma: Z20.828 and Z03.818

I was having a terrible time preparing for my COVID-19 coding webinar, held on the afternoon of April 29, because the current ICD-10-CM codes under the current guidelines are not robust enough to tell the story correctly. The American Hospital Association guidance tried to...

Five tips for health practice leadership to weather the Coronavirus outbreak

As the coronavirus continues to grip headlines from coast to coast, CMS and the U.S. government are working to assist state and local agencies and providers with combating the infection. In addition to the recent $8.3 billion spending bill passed by Congress...