This post discusses Medicare changes at the START of the PHE. It is for HISTORICAL REFERENCE ONLY. Some codes in this post have since been deleted. This note added 2/11/2025 CMS issued multiple waivers and two interim final rules to support health care organizations and patients during the public health emergency in spring 2020 Medicare […]
Archives for May 2020
Coding Telehealth Visits: Place of Service
**This content has moved*** See our primary telehealth article for the latest telehealth coding updates.
Is it or isn’t it a Telehealth Service?
Many payers and practices use the broad term telehealth to describe services that are not done face-to-face with a patient CMs describes telehealth services as non-face-to-face services that are on its telehealth list During the public health emergency, CMS eased the rules related to telehealth The flexibilities remain in effect for RHCs and FQHCs for […]
Specimen Collection For COVID-19
This post discusses Medicare changes at the START of the PHE. It is for HISTORICAL REFERENCE ONLY CMS’s 4/30/2020 rule states that practices could bill 99211 for new or established patients during the public health emergency for COVID-19 specimen collection CPT had previously recommended this The new HCPCS codes (G2023, G2024) for COVID-19 specimen collection […]
Medicare Changes Telehealth Rules, Again
This post discusses Medicare changes at the START of the PHE. It is for HISTORICAL REFERENCE ONLY. Some codes in this post have since been deleted. This note added 2/11/2025 Medicare changes telehealth rules, again: April 30, 2020 interim final rule with comment period (IFC) https://www.cms.gov/files/document/covid-final-ifc.pdf CMS released a second IFC with policy changes during […]