This week’s Medicare updates include revised guidance on billing for professional telehealth services during the public health emergency, updated provider-specific fact sheets on waivers and flexibilities during the COVID-19 pandemic, revised guidance on EMTALA compliance for COVID-19, and more!
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will reimburse hospitals at Medicare rates for treating uninsured novel coronavirus (COVID-19) patients.
Q: Can a hospital bill for a nutritionist and a dietitian deliver diabetes self-management training (DSMT) via telehealth on a UB claim? Nutritionists and dietitians are on the list of distant site practitioners, although registered nurses are not.
Healthcare facilities across the world are faced with myriad challenges as they aim to diagnose and treat cases of COVID-19. HHS and the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) have instituted several changes during the nationwide public health emergency, some of which modify HIPAA laws and directly impact healthcare organizations around the country.
It’s Monday morning and case manager Kim is sitting in her office. She starts her day by printing her patient care unit census. She reads through each of the patient names on the census when one catches her attention.
