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HIPAA COVID-19 exception applies to all patients and communications-based services

by: Julia Kyles, CPC Mar 26, 2020

You can use readily available communications apps such as Google Hangouts and Skype to provide telehealth and communications-based services to all patients during the COVID-19 emergency, the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has clarified. But make sure the app or platform you use meets OCR’s guidelines.

Check new AMA scenarios for telehealth, COVID-19 coding guidance

by: Laura Evans, CPC Mar 26, 2020

Practices interested in how to code telehealth visits and encounters involving COVID-19 -- in light of recent waivers and policy changes -- can review 11 new coding scenarios released March 25 by the AMA.

OIG: Cost-sharing waivers extend beyond telehealth during COVID-19 crisis

by: Richard Scott Mar 25, 2020

You'll find flexibility in waiving cost-sharing requirements beyond telehealth services during the national emergency brought on by the coronavirus. You can waive fees across "a broad category of non-face-to-face services," such as virtual check-ins, OIG clarifies in a new transmittal.

ICD-10 Committee issues tabular instructions, indexing info for COVID-19 code

by: Laura Evans, CPC Mar 25, 2020

Providers and payers now have revised tabular and index information for new ICD-10-CM code U07.1 (COVID-19) issued today by the panel that maintains the diagnosis code set in the U.S.

AHA Coding Clinic issues COVID-19 diagnosis coding FAQ

by: Laura Evans, CPC Mar 24, 2020

Make sure to review a new set of frequently asked questions (FAQ) from the American Hospital Association (AHA) Coding Clinic for use of the new ICD-10-CM code U07.1 (COVID-19).

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