by Rabab Asim | Dec 8, 2020 | CMS, CPT Codes
In the most significant telehealth reimbursement advance to date, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have released an early version of the 2021 Physician Fee Schedule. While the current document is still missing information at this point, the...
by Marlene Maheu, Ph. D | Aug 29, 2020 | CPT Codes
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is preparing to eliminate the majority (74) of the temporary telehealth CPT codes created during the pandemic once the public health emergency (PHE) ends. It is, however, adding 13 new codes, and keeping 9 codes...
by Marlene Maheu, Ph. D | Jul 26, 2020 | COVID-19, CPT Codes
Telehealth billing practices have been challenged and telehealth CPT codes have been turned on their heads during COVID. Changes have been fast and furious, but are finally starting to stabilize, at least temporarily. Now, some of the COVID-19 temporary telehealth...
by Marlene Maheu, Ph. D | Jul 26, 2020 | CMS, COVID-19, CPT Codes, HIPAA, Licensure
Telehealth’s future depends on how Congress will deal with telehealth after COVID. At a recent hearing of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (the HELP Committee), Senators and healthcare experts supported proposals to promote health...
by Marlene Maheu, Ph. D | Jun 25, 2018 | CPT Codes
Remote patient monitoring (RPM) is the term used to refer to a broad range of technologies that allow clients/patients to be monitored when in non-professional settings, such as their homes, at work, and even at play. While such systems have been at the periphery of...
by Marlene Maheu, Ph. D | Mar 24, 2018 | CPT Codes
TBHI is delighted to be launching a series of Q&A from our audiences. In this blog, then interspersed with our other news and features, we’ll post a question obtained from one of our Trainees. One such question will be drawn and answered regularly. While we can’t...
