Under both the 1135 waiver and the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, CMS is increasing access to Medicare’s telehealth services to allow beneficiaries to receive professional healthcare services without having to travel to a healthcare facility.
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To code for spinal excisions and decompression procedures, coders must break down provider documentation to determine the surgical approach utilized and surgical specialists involved, and in some cases, visualize how the procedure was performed across multiple levels of the spinal column.
Q: Our new EHR system was built using logic for therapy charging based on both the AMA and CMS eight-minute rules. Charges will generate differently based on the payer. How do others implement the eight-minute rules? How do you think using two charging methodologies in this world of price transparency will look?
Q: HHS recently issued a notice that fee limitations will apply only to an individual’s request for access to their own records and not to an individual’s request to transmit records to a third party. Will limitations imposed by state law now apply?
The countdown has started. On April 1, hospitals must begin using the three revised CMS beneficiary notices. The old notices can be used through March 31, but not after that date.
